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FDA Alerts Labs to Potential for Inaccurate Results With Thermo Fisher Scientific COVID-19 Test

Aug 17, 2020
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NEW YORK – The US Food and Drug Administration issued a letter on Monday alerting clinical labs and healthcare providers about two concerns related to a COVID-19 test from Thermo Fisher Scientific.

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