What is going on at the @US_FDA?? Today @LuciraHealth became the FIRST company to be cleared for its OTC COVID+Flu combo test. Unfortunately, it's a whopping 288 days after initial submission and a complete miss of the 2022 COVID+Flu+RSV tridemic.

@Inflammatix_Inc Congrats @Inflammatix_Inc!!! 📈 🔥

@soychemist @balajis The bureaucractic ineptitude is so bad that the decent, mission-driven company trying to get an innovative, groundbreaking product cleared for market is practically forced to hire expensive law firms to lobby the FDA from the inside. One must become part of the grift to survive.

@soychemist @balajis The grift is even described in Wikipedia. Is it a coincidence that he retired this year?

@ayubk @soychemist @HelenBranswell @matthewherper @elonmusk @VivekGRamaswamy @DOGE The spin that makes it seem like a success:

@levie Wait until you learn about PBMs

@vladverba @debarghya_das

@Morbidful 6 mos prior to the 9/11 attacks, X-Files spin off “The Lone Gunman” pilot episode depicts a plot to hijack airline and crash it into the World Trade Center. Eerily prescient.

@Thorvaaldr

@Joe_Martinez88 @JSauvez OMG listening to @JSauvez right now on @SIRIUSXM @pitbull 's Globalization and it's sooooo goooooood. Please play more of this!!! What incredible talent.

@Dennis_Couzin @odilonhk Colorimetric version w/o electronic readout.

@dreamlion @odilonhk I don’t think they were manufacturing tests for the past couple of months due to the bankruptcy. I’m sure after the Pfizer acquisition formally closes that they will restart, but it could take some time.

@odilonhk BTW the Bst enzyme in LAMP is much more robust than DNA polymerase allowing it to work w/ crude samples while most PCR rxns require sample prep.

@doorkeydork Per auction transcript (#237), Pfizer bought for total of $21.2M, which is $11M in absorbed contracts and ~$10M in cash. Docket #290 says final claim amount of creditors is $19.3M, leaving ~$1.86M in cash for Chapter 11 legal fees and any leftover creditors.

@quinneyeQ 🤣