Roche, Abbott Garner FDA Approval For PCR-based HIV Viral Load Tests

May 16, 2007

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The US Food and Drug Administration last week approved two HIV-1 viral load prognostic tests from Roche and Abbott.

Following the approval of its Cobas AmpliPrep/Cobas TaqMan HIV-1 Test, Roche highlighted that its fully automated HIV-1 diagnostic tool using PCR technology is the first of its kind and an improvement over earlier-generation tests because it yields a wider range of viral load data.

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