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Tm Bioscience Concludes Licensing Agreement With Abbott

Oct 04, 2005

NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (GenomeWeb News) - Tm Bioscience has concluded its non-exclusive license agreement with Abbott for certain intellectual property in areas including human and pathogen genotyping, the company said today.

 

The worldwide license expires with the associated patents and "covers Tm's current and future products in all fields of use," the company said.

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