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I hate doctors and pharmaceutical companies as much as anyone, but those tests are serious business. There's a lot of very hard science and engineering involve
by Firmwarrior 3y ago
I hate doctors and pharmaceutical companies as much as anyone, but those tests are serious business. There's a lot of very hard science and engineering involved in them
When they're cheap outside the USA, it often just means the companies aren't attempting to recoup any r&d costs outside the US
- hkt 3y agoSurely it isn't pharmaceuticals companies doing blood tests in the US? In the UK people's bloods get done in hospital labs (phlebotomy doesn't always occur in hospital though)
- throwaway049 3y agoSome of that lab work is contracted out of the NHS, but your NHS doctor is largely steered by clinical guidelines rather than profit or ass-covering. Eg https://www.synnovis.co.uk/about-synnovis https://www.synnovis.co.uk/about-synnovis
- sammax 3y agoThe tests are done using proprietary hard- and software, though it is generally made by biotech and not pharmaceutical companies.