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Article: Cholestech Corp. Announces Glucose Tolerance Testing for the Cholestech L.D.X System.
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- March 4, 1999
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HAYWARD, Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--March 4, 1999--Cholestech Corp. (Nasdaq:CTEC) announced today that the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) has added Cholestech's glucose assay to the list of Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act '88 (CLIA) waived tests approved for glucose tolerance testing.
"The addition of Cholestech's glucose assay to be used for glucose tolerance testing expands the usefulness of the Cholestech L.D.X(R) System," said Warren E. Pinckert II, president and chief executive officer of Cholestech.
"Current estimates are that the total U.S. market for glucose testing in the Physician Office Laboratory is approximately $120 million, ...