Abbott To Develop New Heart Failure Test On ARCHITECT® Immunochemistry Diagnostics Platform
Abbott (NYSE: ABT) and BG Medicine, Inc. announced a development and commercialization agreement for galectin-3, a novel biomarker that may play a role in detecting the development and progression of heart failure. The assay will be developed for Abbott’s ARCHITECT immunochemistry instrument platform, specifically the company’s i1000SR and i2000SR instruments.


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