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Transgenomic, Horizon Discovery Sign OEM Pact

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Transgenomic and Horizon Discovery today announced they have entered into an OEM agreement, under which Transgenomic will incorporate Horizon Discovery's human genomic reference standards into its Multiplexed ICE COLD-PCR (MX-ICP) kits for research and clinical applications.

The MX-ICP technology allows simultaneous detection of multiple DNA mutations from a single sample.

"Incorporating Horizon's industry-leading controls into our MX-ICP kits supports our global commercialization campaign by providing customers and partners additional assurance of the exceptional performance of MX-ICP technology," Transgenomic CEO Paul Kinnon said in a statement.

Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed.

In 2014 the two firms collaborated on validating controls in the development of genetic diagnostic tests.

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