United Biomedical Inc. announced that its hepatitis C diagnostictest kit in the enzyme immunoassay format has been approvedin Japan.

The kit, which incorporates a new hepatitis marker from theNS-5 region, will be distributed in Japan by KyokutoPharmaceutical Industrial Co. Inc. under the trade nameSynpep, according to UBI of Hauppauge, N.Y.

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