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Australian firm signs $300m deal with US government for COVID tests – The Age
The deal between Brisbane-based Ellume and the Biden administration includes the purchase of 8.5 million COVID-19 tests that will be distributed across America.
Slavitt said the deal was an important step towards mass testing and a lowering of prices.
Theres a chicken-and-egg problem, which we have taken a step to solve today, he said.
When announcing an emergency use authorisation for the tests last year Stephen Hahn, the former head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), hailed the moment as a major milestone in diagnostic testing for COVID-19.
Lamar Alexander, then the chair of the Senate health committee, described it as a genuine breakthrough in…
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