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Company opens nucleic acid amplification testing laboratory

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, November 22nd, 2004

Covance, Inc., (CVD) announced a significant extension of the company's central laboratory capabilities in Singapore, with the opening of a state-of-the-art nucleic acid amplification testing (NAT) laboratory.

The addition of this laboratory testing service enables Covance to provide in-region, near real-time, NAT testing required by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to support their clinical trials in viral infectious diseases, such as HIV and hepatitis. The use of nucleic acid amplification test methodologies, such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR), is faster than other screening tests, because it detects viral genes rather than antibodies or...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2004-11-22)

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