British manufacturers privately welcome the new regime as they believe their home-grown tests are cheaper and more reliable than the Innova tests. But many in the UK bio industry question why ministers are exempting the Chinese-made devices from the same high standards. But controversy dogs the Innova tests and the way the UK government has effectively taken ownership of its products. This has massive implications for public health and could seriously undermine efforts to reduce transmission of the virus. One UK bio industry source said: “They completely screwed the UK diagnostic industry.

Source: Huffington Post August 01, 2021 16:52 UTC