COVID tests have made pathology companies big profits, but rapid tests are set to shake up the market
- Written by: Bruce Baer Arnold, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
ShutterstockThroughout 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.
So far, a total of 41.5 million COVID PCR tests have been performed in...