confirmatory

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“This count reflects only the animals that have gone through sampling and confirmatory testing in multiple labs,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

In February, the FDA Commissioner unveiled a new default position that just one “adequate and well-controlled” study combined with confirmatory evidence will underpin marketing authorization of novel products.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

If that proves positive, a confirmatory blood test is required - but that can take laboratories weeks to analyse.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

The best confirmatory follow-up turned out to be a second Galleri test—which is already Grail’s standard approach in its existing sales of Galleri under the FDA exemption for lab-developed blood tests.

From Barron's • Oct. 22, 2025

But note Sabra’s judgement: ‘It remains true, however, that the confirmatory experiments in I. H.’

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton