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Company's HIV-resistance Test Receives Approval from FDA

September 27, 2001

Visible Genetics, Inc. said yesterday that the FDA had approved its genetic test for HIV resistance. The TruGene test is the first agency-approved test for analyzing weaknesses in a patient's strain of HIV. It can help doctors pick the AIDS drugs that are likely to be the most effective against the virus.


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Adapted from:
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
09.27.01; Bloomberg News

  
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This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
 

 

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