The CLIA-accredited laboratory will support both research-use-only and clinical diagnostic tests.
Almac Group’s Diagnostics Business Unit announced the opening of their new companion diagnostic development facility located in the Research Triangle Park region of North Carolina. The CLIA-accredited laboratory will support the downstream delivery of assays for patient testing and is equipped with microarray and qPCR platforms appropriate for companion diagnostic development and will operate both research-use-only and clinical diagnostic tests.
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