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OncoDNA Signs Armenian Distribution Deal With PromTest

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Belgian diagnostics firm OncoDNA said on Tuesday that it has signed a distribution deal for its tumor profiling products in Armenia with PromTest.

OncoDNA's product line includes the OncoDeep solid tumor test, OncoTrace and OncoSelect liquid biopsy tests, the OncoStrat&Go solid and liquid biopsy combination test, and OncoKDM data interpretation and reporting software.

Specific terms of the deal were not disclosed.

OncoDNA has signed a number of distribution agreements for its products in recent months, including ones with NM Genomix in Bulgaria, Genext in the Russian Federation, CyberKnife Sigulda in Latvia, and Everything Genetic in the UK.

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