CEO SUMMARY: Pooled testing for COVID-19 could be a double-edged sword for clinical labs and in vitro diagnostics companies. Offering the advantage of reducing the number of standard tests for SARS-CoV-2, this testing method would cut lab spending on tests and testing supplies, while conserving standard non-pooled tests for symptomatic patients. But pooled testing also could cut into test manufacturers’ revenue, […]
COVID-19 Pooled Testing: Good for Labs? Not IVDs?
As test volume runs short nationwide, officials now tout an old strategy to get more people tested
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume XXVII No. 10 - July 13, 2020 Issue
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