IDA head: Irish pharma firms can make Covid-19 testing materials

Pharmaceutical companies based in Ireland can make the materials needed for processing Covid-19 tests, the head of IDA Ireland has revealed.

Pharmaceutical companies based in Ireland could soon be making the materials needed for processing Covid-19 tests, the head of IDA Ireland has revealed.

There is such a shortage of a reagent we need that it has led to delays in getting results for tests here and around the world.