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France to reimburse for use of HPV test in Pap test follow-up.(Report from Europe)

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| January 29, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2003 A Thomson Healthcare Company. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

U.S. human papillomavirus (HPV)test provider Digene (Gaithersburg, Maryland) said last week that the French Ministry of Health has approved reimbursement of testing for high-risk types of HPV in the follow-up evaluation of women with borderline Pap test results.

Digene, whose HPV test was the first to receive regulatory approval, said the ministry also indicated that it would study use of the HPV test for routine, primary screening for cervical cancer, in conjunction with the Pap test.

The Jan. 14 issue of the Journal Official de la Republique Francaise included a notice of the approval for the "detection of oncogenic types of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA…

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