COVID-19 Testing in Wisconsin: What’s been done, what lies ahead

Session sponsored and curated by Exact Sciences

Moderator: Amber Noggle
Panelists: Kevin Conroy & Andrea Palm

In early March, the leaders of Exact Sciences, Epic Systems Co. and Promega discussed how they could help Wisconsin through the coronavirus pandemic, and the the fruit of that collaboration — in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services — is evident in the form of expanded COVID-19 testing capability. Exact Sciences CEO Kevin Conroy and DHS Secretary-designee Andrea Palm discuss how things have gone and what lies ahead for testing.

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