diaDexus, Inc.

diaDexus Selects Fisher HealthCare to Sell New Automated PLAC(R) Test

Published in Blood Weekly, May 1st, 2008

diaDexus, Inc. announced the appointment of Fisher HealthCare as the exclusive customer channel for its new automated PLAC Test for the Hitachi, Hitachi Roche P-Modular and Olympus chemistry analyzers to U.S. hospital clinical laboratories. The new automated format was recently cleared by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) enabling the test to run on these popular clinical chemistry analyzers.

The PLAC Test is the only blood test cleared by the FDA to assess risk for both coronary heart disease and ischemic stroke associated with atherosclerosis. Earlier detection and more aggressive treatment can prevent heart attacks and strokes. The PLAC Test measures...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2008-05-01)

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