COVID tests have made pathology companies big profits, but rapid tests are set to shake up the market’

Bruce Baer Arnold

COVID tests have made pathology companies big profits, but rapid tests are set to shake up the market’

Bruce Baer Arnold

Canberra Law School

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Throughout the pandemic, Australians with a sniffle or other cold and flu symptoms have been encouraged to get a PCR test – a swab of their throat and the back of their nose, taken by a nurse or doctor. This is then sent to a pathology laboratory for analysis.

Original language	English
Pages	1-4
Number of pages	4
Volume	2021
No.	October
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publication status	Published - 21 Oct 2021

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