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Roche backpedals and agrees to provide a solution for Covid-19 tests in the Netherlands

In a startling about-face, Roche has agreed to release the recipe for a liquid solution that Dutch laboratories need to run a coronavirus test.
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In a startling about-face, Roche (RHHBY) has agreed to release the recipe for a liquid solution that Dutch laboratories need to run a coronavirus test, after initially refusing to do so and causing an outcry among lawmakers and the media in the Netherlands.

A fracas erupted earlier this week due to a shortage of

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