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> while covid19 test is critical, and would have had more time to come to market if the president had just accepted WHO kits instead of refusing them for US pro
by 3fe9a03ccd14ca5 7y ago
> while covid19 test is critical, and would have had more time to come to market if the president had just accepted WHO kits instead of refusing them for US profit
No. Refusing them because of US government red tape and bureaucracy.
- dmix 7y agoRoche is also a Swiss company, it’s not even American. ~~The same company also own a majority stake in Labcorp which runs one of the largest amounts of clinical labs in the US.~~ Edit: actually their ownership of LabCorp is no longer clear, I believe from reading Wikipedia that they sold ownership a while ago
- polotics 7y agoWell Genentech in SanFrancisco is large, and part of Roche too.
- CptFribble 7y agoThe name came from a Roche-owned lab subsidiary that later merged with another big company from California - Roche retained a 49.9% stake in the new company. Roche sold their stake in 2002.