Roche Diagnostics/Prionics
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Firms will collaborate in development of a blood test for the detection of Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease in humans under an agreement announced Jan. 24. CJD is related to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or "mad cow disease." The deal also calls for Roche to distribute the Prionics-Check rapid test for the detection of BSE in dead cattle effective Feb. 1