Subject: Eastman Kodak Co. to Begin Work on AIDS Test
Date: Published: 8/27/87 25 lines
Source:  WALL STREET JOURNAL. Copyright Dow Jones & Co. Inc. 

   Business Brief:  
   Eastman Kodak Co. 

   Eastman Kodak Co. said it will file within the next few
weeks an application with the Food and Drug Administration to
begin clinical studies for a new test that can simultaneously
detect acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or AIDS, and
leukemia/lymphoma.
   Following FDA approval, Kodak said it will market the test
as part of its business relationship with Cetus Corp., an
Emeryville, Calif., biotechnology concern.  The test will be
manufactured by Cellular Products Inc., Buffalo, its
developer.
   Rochester, N. Y. -based Kodak is a photographic, chemicals
and imaging products concern.

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