Varian, LipoScience to Co-Develop NMR System for Diagnostic Testing

Varian announced that it has entered into a strategic collaboration with LipoScience, a privately held medical technology company, to develop the first NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) system for use in high volume clinical diagnostic testing laboratories. The lead application will be LipoScience's flagship product, the NMR LipoProfile blood test. The NMR LipoProfile test is a simple blood test which has been shown in numerous clinical studies to be superior to LDL-cholesterol in predicting coronary heart disease events.

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