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by refurb 2008 days ago
”Oxford’s measurement showed that the batch was more potent than the Italian manufacturer had found, the documents show.”

The Italian manufacturer’s analysis was correct. Oxford’s was wrong. They decided to stick with it and got the regulator to approve it.

The fact that the more sensitive and selective PCR test result was ignored isn’t a good sign.

Someone should have followed up to confirm which test was correct.