Timothy J. Pifer, laboratory director who started as a drug chemist at the lab 25 years ago, said today it can take four to six weeks for results - down from nine months during the 1980s. While the turn-around time is far less today, Pifer said what makes the need to clear the backlog urgent is that people are dying.

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