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Cartagen and Entest Japan form
Strategic Partnership to Address the Needs
of the Japanese Life Science Market.
SEATTLE, WA- March 9, 2004- Cartagen
Molecular Systems, Inc. announced today
that it has entered a strategic partnership
with Entest Japan, Inc. to develop a market
presence for Cartagen’s nucleic
acid separation products in Japan. Founded
in 1996, Entest Japan has successfully
developed bacterial test kits for the
food and water industry. Entest Japan’s
Colitag™ test recently received
regulatory approval from the Japanese
Ministry of Health, Welfare and Labor
and will be a key tool in ensuring the
safety of food and water supplies. Entest
Japan has also worked closely with the
Japanese government to develop innovative
products for the newly emerging drug forensics
market. Entest Japan’s drug analysis
software is currently used by the international
law enforcement community to help identify
the origin of illicit drugs.
"Entest Japan has achieved proven
results in the environmental and drug
analysis markets and is eager to expand
into the general life science research
market" said Steven Kirsher, Cartagen’s
President and CEO. “Entest Japan
and Cartagen share a common business philosophy
that will lay the foundation for a successful
long term partnership and we look forward
to working closely with Entest Japan to
ensure a high level of support for our
Japanese customers.”
Cartagen Molecular Systems Inc. was founded
in early 2003 to manufacture and sell
innovative reagent kits for the life science
market. Based in Seattle, the company
focuses on providing competitively-priced
tools in convenient formats that enable
life scientists to perform selected key
techniques and methods which increase
the pace of their research.
“Cartagen’s new DNA Extraction
Kits that aid in agricultural and food
science research address a significant
market need that is not being met by other
manufacturers. The quick and efficient
isolation of DNA from complex food and
plant samples achieved using Cartagen's
kits will provide important tools for
agriculture and GMO testing laboratories”
said Tohru Mikoshiba, President of Entest
Japan. “Cartagen’s product
line offers Entest Japan expansion opportunities
to support a broader life science market,
creating additional value for our customers.”
The strategic partnership formed by Cartagen
and Entest Japan will ensure that Japanese
researchers have a strong local support
organization while Cartagen continues
to expand its leadership in providing
the best new technologies to the Japanese
research community.
To learn more about these companies, please
visit their web sites:
www.cartagen.com and www.entest.co.jp.
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