CHOLESTECH CORPORATION ANNOUNCES FDA CLEARANCE OF NEW TEST PANEL.HAYWARD, CA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 1995--Cholestech Corporation (Nasdaq: CTEC CTEC Course and Teacher Evaluation Council (Northwestern University, Office of the Register) CTEC Certified Technical Education Center CTEC Certified Technical Education Center (Microsoft) ) announced today that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. ) to market a new diagnostic test panel for the Cholestech L%D%X( System. The TC/Glucose panel simultaneously measures total cholesterol and glucose and, as with all of CholestechUs tests, requires only a single drop of whole blood to provide results in less than five minutes. Mr. Warren E. Pinckert II, Cholestech's President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "Testing for HDL (Hardware Description Language) A language used to describe the functions of an electronic circuit for documentation, simulation or logic synthesis (or all three). Although many proprietary HDLs have been developed, Verilog and VHDL are the major standards. is now recommended, in addition to testing for total cholesterol to determine the risk of heart disease, by the National Cholesterol Education Program The National Cholesterol Education Program is a program managed by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, a division of the National Institutes of Health. Its goal is to reduce increased cardiovascular disease rates due to hypercholesterolemia (elevated cholesterol . However, for those customers involved in health promotion that have not yet made the transition to this higher level of care, TC/Glucose can provide an economical and efficient method to offer screening for both coronary heart disease coronary heart disease: see coronary artery disease. coronary heart disease or ischemic heart disease Progressive reduction of blood supply to the heart muscle due to narrowing or blocking of a coronary artery (see atherosclerosis). and diabetes. Until now healthcare providers typically ran two different instruments or two separate tests to get total cholesterol and glucose results. With the strong relationship that has been shown between heart disease and diabetes, this new panel provides the benefit of added convenience on a system with proven accuracy." Commenting further Mr. Pinckert said, "The Cholestech L%D%X is the only instrument on the market in the United States that can provide total cholesterol and glucose results simultaneously from one drop of blood in less than five minutes.S The TC/Glucose panel is the latest addition to CholestechUs full line of lipid and glucose test glucose test See 1 Glucose, see there 2 Glucose tolerance test, see there cassettes, which include: TC, TCJand HDL, TC%HDL%GLU (language) GLU - A practical coarse grain implementation of the Lucid dataflow language for networks. , Lipid Profile, Lipid Profile plus Glucose. Cholestech Corporation is committed to helping people lead longer, healthier and more active lives by promoting accurate preventive health care screening and monitoring of diseases in a point-of-care setting. CONTACT: Cholestech Corporation Lola Moenich, 510/293-8096 |
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