Subject: Kodak to Market Test Kits For Virus Linked to AIDS
Date: Published: 6/30/87 27 lines
Source:  WALL STREET JOURNAL. Copyright Dow Jones & Co. Inc. 

    Kodak to Market Test Kits
    For Virus Linked to AIDS

    ROCHESTER, N. Y -- Eastman Kodak Co. said it would begin
 marketing kits to test for the virus that causes acquired
 immune deficiency syndrome.
    Kodak also said a test kit for the virus that causes adult
 T-cell leukemia is available for research purposes pending
 approval by the Food and Drug Administration.
    Both kits are made by Buffalo, N. Y. -based Cellular
 Products Inc. for distribution by Kodak.
    The AIDS test kits will be sold to blood banks, hospitals,
 public health centers and independent laboratories for $1 to
 $1.50 each.  The kits determine the presence of antibodies to
 the human immunodeficiency virus.  Presence of the antibodies
 indicates contact with the virus but doesn't mean the person
 has AIDS or will develop it.

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