The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued new guidance for COVID-19 test developers to evaluate the impact of emerging and future viral mutations on COVID-19 tests. The SARS-CoV-2 virus has mutated over time,...more
2/25/2021
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Companies in the life sciences and health care industry, like most companies, navigated unparalleled challenges in 2020. But unlike other industries, they had to do so while simultaneously facing the biggest challenge of all...more
On Saturday, 29 February 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an “immediately in effect guidance” to swiftly expand testing for the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV, formally named SARS-CoV-2), the causative...more
3/3/2020
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