The GeneXpert machine can identify the bacteria responsabile for tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) and also drug resistant TB Photo credit: Jose Cendon

The GeneXpert machine can identify the bacteria responsabile for tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) and also drug resistant TB

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Americas TB Coalition letter to Danaher to reduce the price of GeneXpert test

DIAGNOSTICS TUBERCULOSIS
ATBC Letter to Danaher and Cepheid April 8 2024
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Photo credit: Jose Cendon

The Americas TB Coalition sent this open letter to the corporation Danaher, and its subsidiary diagnostics test maker Cepheid, requesting a reduction in the price of the GeneXpert test for extensively drug-resistant TB (Xpert MTB/XDR), so that more people can be properly diagnosed and receive timely treatment.

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