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Volume 6 - Number 35 | September 3, 2008

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In This Week's Issue

Cellumen, MTPC to Develop Biomarker Panels for Early-Stage Drug Tox Screens

Aruna Licenses Mesenchymal Cells from UGa, Plans to Market Them for Research, Rx Apps

Promega, Leica to Develop Fluoroligands For Use with Superresolution Microscope

Ocimum Biosolutions, Geron Awarded US Patents

Caliper Life Sciences, US Environmental Protection Agency

BioTek Instruments, Innovatis

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Features
DTC Ad Bans, Limited Genetic Knowledge Spur Industry to Ramp Up MD Marketing
Although groups like the American Medical Association would rather see genetic testing companies promoting their products through physicians, industry observers have noted that many private practices are not equipped with the knowledge or personnel to handle the expected influx of patients requesting genetic testing. For this reason, many genetic testing companies are using direct-to-physician marketing alongside DTC marketing.

FDA Calls LabCorp’s Homebrew OvaSure Dx ‘High Risk,’ Says Validation ‘Inadequate’
The finding, disclosed in a letter the agency sent to LabCorp last month, may require the reference lab to submit the assay for regulatory approval if the FDA deems it an in vitro diagnostic multivariate index assay.

Perspectives
Helix Health Founder Discusses Challenges Of Running a Personalized Medicine Practice
Helix Health founder Steven Murphy discusses the challenges of running the first privately funded personalized medicine practice in the US.

Snippets
Pall, GeneSystems, International Serious Adverse Events Consortium, Cerner, Health Discovery Corp, Smart Personalized Medicine, XDx, US Food and Drug Administration, DiagnoCure, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services


New Releases
Qiagen's Type-it PCR-based Kits


Pairings
Richard Taylor



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