News Forum - GPO plans quality testing on arriving Chinese Lepu antigen kits

[Thaiger]

After a rollercoaster ride of okays, protests, pauses, confirmation, cancellation, and reinstatement, 8.5 million controversial Chinese-made Covid-19 antigen test kits are set to arrive in Thailand early next week. The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation now plans on conducting quality testing on the kits made by Lepu Medical Technology with the help of Ramathibodi Hospital to reassure people of their accuracy. The kits came under scrutiny after it was revealed that in the US, the Lepu test kits were pulled from shelves after the Food and Drug Administration warned that the tests were deemed inaccurate. The Rural Doctors Society fought against the […]

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[Griff1315]

Already rejected as substandard by the western world but you can bet these tests will show them to be highly accurate and fit for use.

[Rebel]

Why do Thais always reinvent the deep plate. They always thinks they knows better than anyone in the universe.  Fools

[Bob20]

Seems sensible right?

Not quite convinced of the quality, so that you must first test them.

So: let's immediately buy 8.5 million of them !  

And if they're no good, you think they'll own up and throw them out? Or maybe use them anyway?

In the knowledge that they were not approved elsewhere, am I the only one who would have said: "send us 100 and we'll test them, then possibly order more". That could have been done months ago too without much money involved.

[Yayamanos]

Most folks if not all, there are questionable issues on products made in China, why and for why not the reason not assessing the quality of the products?

[BainaiThai]

So then....how long does it take to test a rapid antigen test?