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Meridian Bioscience Receives FDA Clearance for New E. coli Test

Published in Health Business Week, March 9th, 2007

Meridian Bioscience, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio (NASDAQ:VIVO) announced that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market ImmunoCard STAT!(R) EHEC, a revolutionary new test for the diagnosis of E. coli infection. The new product detects all Shiga-toxin producing E. coli and is the first rapid (20 minute) E. coli diagnostic that differentiates between Toxin 1 & Toxin 2.

With the recent national E. coli outbreaks (spinach in September 2006 and lettuce in December 2006), there has been an increased need in the hospital market for a highly accurate, quick, easy-to-use E. coli test. New CDC recommendations published in September 2006...

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