ADADWith no contract requiring the tests to conform to the FDA authorization, state officials had little recourse, and they paid LabGenomics another $2.5 million for replacement tests. Larry Hogan (R) announced the purchase at a news conference last spring alongside his South Korea-born wife, Yumi, who helped acquire the tests. But because of the problems, none of the initial tests were used to diagnose patients, and months passed before the replacement tests could be used in significant numbers. The replacement tests arrived in secret, and Hogan first mentioned them publicly in July while being interviewed on Washington Post Live. ADADRicci, the governor’s spokesman, later told The Post in an email that the replacement tests “analyzed an additional gene,” then retracted the assertion when confronted with evidence to the contrary.

Source: Washington Post April 02, 2021 21:45 UTC