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Abbott to distribute 2 cancer detection tests.(Chicago Tribune)

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service

| April 05, 2001 | Japsen, Bruce | COPYRIGHT 1999 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Shares of biotechnology firm Vysis Inc. soared more than 20 percent Thursday on news that Abbott Laboratories will distribute two of its cancer detection tests.

The deal is a boon for Vysis, a small Downers Grove, Ill.-based biotech company, providing a strong endorsement of its products, officials said. Abbott has exclusive rights to distribute Vysis' DNA-based tests for bladder and breast cancers to thousands of doctors and hospitals in North American and Europe.

The agreement also gives Abbott an exclusive option to distribute the tests _ Vysis' PathVysion HER-2 assay for breast cancer and UroVysion test for bladder cancer _ in South America and the Asian …

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