Seeing Covid-19 Health Care Marketplace Opportunities? Look First For Regulatory Barriers
Executive Summary
Offering OTC tests for determining exposure to Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus spreading worldwide, didn't go unnoticed for long in the US because the FDA hasn’t authorized any OTC test.
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