Proteome pulls out of prostate test
Tuesday, 15 July, 2008
Proteome Systems [ASX: PXL] has stopped development of a prostate cancer diagnostics test, after concluding that bringing the product to market would take too long.
Proteome had discovered cancerous prostate tissues demonstrate increased expression of Human Carcinoma Antigen [HCA], and developed an assay for detection of HCA in semen samples.
But the company concluded that developing the assay for commercialisation would take too long and consume too many resources.
A spokesperson for the company said Proteome was committed to projects with near-term revenue potential.
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