Roche submits blood test for FDA review

19 March 2007

The diagnostics unit of Swiss drug major Roche says that the US Food and Drug Administration has accepted for review its application for a new test designed to detect a broad range of HIV and viral hepatitis infections in donated blood and plasma.

The product, called the cobas TaqScreen MPX Test, uses real-time polymerase chain reaction to detect HIV type 1, HIV type 2, hepatitis C and B viruses in a single multiplex assay. The test is designed for use on Roche's newly-automated, modular cobas 201 platform.

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