Health Canada Licenses Qiagen's Hepatitis B Viral Load Assay

Nov 20, 2007

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Qiagen said today that Health Canada has licensed its artus PCR-based hepatitis B virus assay to monitor the viral load of HBV-infected patients.

The company said that the assay kit is in compliance with Health Canada's medical device requirements and is now available to doctors in Canada to help evaluate the efficacy of treatment.

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