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by derelicto 1465 days ago
Daily reminder that the FDA also approved Therano's herpes test https://www.businessinsider.com/theranos-gets-fda-approval-2...
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I'm not an expert, but it seems like the test only received "clearance", not "approval". Many people conflate these terms even though they represent very different regulatory standards. I'm not sure it even makes sense for a purely diagnostic thing like a blood test to get "approval".
It was a clearance