HERCULES, CA and AUSTIN, TX July 24, 2012 – Bio Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, and Myriad RBM, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Myriad Genetics Inc. (NASDAQ: MYGN), and a leading multiplex biomarker testing company, today announced that they have partnered to develop and distribute high-quality immunoassay kits. Under the terms of the agreement, Myriad RBM grants Bio-Rad exclusive distribution rights, for research purposes, to the largest catalog of quantitative multiplexed immunoassays currently available to run on the Bio-Plex® 200, Bio-Plex 3D, and Bio-Plex® MAGPIX™ instruments.
Myriad RBM’s assays address researchers’ needs for multiplex testing of samples with very low volumes when studying toxicology, oncology, immunology, and cardiovascular and other diseases. The new assays expand Bio-Rad’s current suite of assays.
“Together we are able to provide hundreds of new biomarkers for both human and non-human panels to our Bio-Plex multiplex immunoassay system menu,” said Brad Crutchfield, Bio-Rad Vice President and Group Manager, Life Science Group. “Moving forward, Myriad RBM and Bio Rad will collaborate to design new products to meet the evolving requirements of our customers.”
“This agreement combines Myriad RBM’s industry-leading menu of multiplexed immunoassays with Bio Rad’s unrivaled global commercial distribution capabilities,” said Craig Benson, President of Myriad RBM. “Our partnership with Bio Rad will help researchers and clinicians on the front lines of medicine to develop biomarker profiles that may predict, detect, or monitor disease progression in an effort to optimize treatment and improve patient care.”
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About Myriad RBM
Myriad RBM’s biomarker discovery platform provides clinical researchers, physicians, and healthcare providers with reproducible quantitative multiplexed data for hundreds of proteins to advance drug development and patient care. The company’s proprietary Multi Analyte Profiling (MAP) technology offers preclinical and clinical researchers broad, cost-effective analyses of multiple proteins from a single small sample volume. Myriad RBM’s MAP technology also supports the development of companion diagnostics in areas of unmet medical need within the fields of neurology, psychiatry, nephrology, endocrinology, oncology, and immunology. Myriad RBM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Myriad Genetics (MYGN).
About Bio-Rad
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb) has remained at the center of scientific discovery for more than 50 years, manufacturing and distributing a broad range of products for the life science research and clinical diagnostic markets. The
company is renowned worldwide among hospitals, universities, major research
institutions, as well as biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies for its commitment to quality and customer service. Founded in 1952, Bio-Rad is headquartered in Hercules, California, and serves more than 100,000 research and industry customers worldwide through its global network of operations. The company employs over 7,100 people globally and had revenues exceeding $2 billion in 2011. For more information, click here.
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For further information regarding Myriad RBM’s uncertainties, please refer to the heading “Risk Factors” contained in Item 1A in Myriad Genetics’ most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as any updates to those risk factors filed from time to time in Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or Current Reports on Form 8-K. All information in this press release is as of the date of the release, and Myriad undertakes no duty to update this information unless required by law.
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Myriad Genetics
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Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
801-584-1143
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