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Article: 3M Discontinues Collaboration with Gen-Probe to Develop Molecular Tests for Healthcare-Associated Infections.
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- June 16, 2008
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ST. PAUL, Minn. and SAN DIEGO, June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 3M and Gen-Probe Incorporated announced today that 3M has discontinued the companies' collaboration to develop rapid molecular tests for healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs).
The companies, which are exploring the possibility of a future marketing collaboration in this area, said the collaboration was discontinued due to current technical incompatibilities between Gen-Probe's nucleic acid testing technologies and 3M's proprietary microfluidics instrument platform.
"We intend to evaluate the merits of developing molecular tests for HCAIs to run on our next-generation automated instruments," said ...