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Article: Genzyme Launches Automated HDL Cholesterol Test
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- October 17, 1996
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The diagnostic products unit of Genzyme Corp.'s General Division (Nasdaq: GENZ) announced today that it has begun marketing its N-geneous(TM) HDL cholesterol test in the United States.
The product launch follows clearance to market the test by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Devices and Radiological Health.
The new test, which is being distributed by Genzyme under a worldwide agreement with the manufacturer of the test, Daiichi Pure Chemicals Co., Ltd., of Tokyo, measures how much high-density lipoprotein cholesterol is present in a patient's serum. It is simpler than other HDL ...