Finland's Orion Diagnostica Launches C. diff Kit for GenRead Isothermal MDx System in Europe

Jun 29, 2015

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Espoo, Finland-based molecular diagnostics firm Orion Diagnostica has launched a Clostridium difficile assay on its CE-marked Orion GenRead platform.

The bench-top assay works direct from stool on up to 12 samples at a time and can detect strongly-positive infections in 15 minutes using a patented isothermal amplification technology, a company representative told GenomeWeb in an email.

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