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SpeeDx and Cepheid announce test partnership

SpeeDx Pty, Ltd. announced an agreement with Cepheid to manufacture their market-leading ResistancePlus® tests for use on the GeneXpert System. The first test in Cepheid’s FleXible Cartridge programme, planned for launch early 2019, is ResistancePlus® MG, detecting the sexually transmitted infection (STI) Mycoplasma genitalium (Mgen) and markers associated with azithromycin resistance.

“Patients are already benefiting from Resistance Guided Therapy with our central lab tests,” said Colin Denver, SpeeDx CEO. “Now clinicians can receive resistance information even faster, to support antimicrobial stewardship and more effective antibiotic treatment decisions.”

Read the full press release.