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Affordable Blood Work In Four Hours Coming To Pharmacies

Posted by Soulskill on from the for-when-you-need-to-know-if-you-have-ebola-before-dinner dept.

kkleiner writes "With the cost of healthcare services increasing, it's welcome news that a recent deal between Walgreens and Theranos will bring rapid, accurate, low-cost blood testing to the local pharmacy. A pinprick of blood from a finger is enough to run any number of a la carte diagnostic tests with results in four hours or less. The automation of blood testing in one convenient machine may mean that the demand for clinical technicians may decline, but the benefits of making blood analysis more accessible to everyone is enormous."

2 of 282 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Just like the new cancer test by barlevg · · Score: 4, Informative

    Keep in mind, the cost of the pharmaceutical company's study used to verify the accuracy of the test and gain FDA approval likely pushes the cost-per-test up quite a bit.

  2. Re:Just like the new cancer test by Defenestrar · · Score: 4, Informative

    Keep in mind, the cost of the pharmaceutical company's studys used to verify the accuracy of the test and gain FDA approval likely pushes the cost-per-test up quite a bit.

    FTFY. Preclinical, phase 1, phase 2, and phase 3 at a minimum