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Article: Lab21 to Supply AdnaGen's CE-Marked System for the Detection and Analysis of CTCs in the UK and Ireland.
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- Health & Beauty Close-Up
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- August 12, 2009
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Lab21 and AdnaGen AG announced that they have entered into an exclusive service and distribution agreement for AdnaGen's proprietary CE-certified circulating tumor cell diagnostic assays in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
The companies said the tests are based on the capture of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from blood and subsequent detection of tumor-associated biomarkers.
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