Small laboratories thus may delay testing until a sufficient number of specimens accumulate.
In his letter, he urged the Army to delay testing and evaluation of the weapons system, according to Defense Week.
The regulations will allow companies to delay pediatric testing until after the drugs have been approved as safe for adults.
The toxin activity test takes about 48 hours to perform but the availability of cultured cells used in the test may delay testing.
Opposition from various external organizations delayed actual testing into the early 1990s.
Funding issues and problems with the fiberglass wing, the booster rocket, and the Fairchild J83 engine delayed testing.
The problems delayed official testing of the prototype until 1939.
The late finish of many Olympic sites also delayed the installation and testing of security equipment.
To delay testing and tracking "is to delay the inevitable and cause many more innocent people to be infected."
The industry complains that excess regulation and unreasonable opposition have needlessly delayed testing and marketing of products for medicine and agriculture.