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Abbott Receives FDA Approval for First Fully Automated Blood Screening Test for HIV-1/HIV-2.

Publication: PR Newswire
Publication Date: 21-SEP-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
New Test Completes the ABBOTT PRISM Hepatitis and Retrovirus Panel

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abbott announced today it received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its ABBOTT PRISM HIV O Plus test, the first fully automated blood screening test for HIV-1/HIV-2. This test can be used by laboratory professionals to screen individual donors of blood and plasma for antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Groups M and O (anti-HIV-1) and type 2 (anti-HIV-2), and as an aid in the diagnosis of HIV-1/HIV-2 infection.

The assay, which provides laboratories a fully automated test compared...

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