By Kuda Pembere The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) intends to introduce regulations governing the registration and use of in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) in the country. This follows concerns and reports that there is a proliferation of substandard and counterfeit IVDs in the country. IVDs according to the World Health Organization (WHO) are tests that can detect disease, conditions and infections. In vitro simply means ‘in glass’, meaning these tests are typically conducted in test tubes and similar equipment, as opposed to in vivo tests, which are conducted in…
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