diagnostics

A single metagenomics test costs around £1,300, which is far more than standard diagnostics.

Participating manufacturers will have to allocate 20% of their production of vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics to the WHO.

To improve healthcare, pinch points like diagnostics will have to be improved.

He met workers developing a new blood test at the laboratories of British cancer diagnostics company Oxford BioDynamics last week.

The move will "diminish the nation's research capacity, slowing scientific progress and depriving patients, families, and communities across the country of new treatments, diagnostics, and preventative interventions", the group said in a statement.