Enigma Diagnostics Announces a Signed Term Sheet for Patent Licenses with Roche Molecular Sys... ( PORTON DOWN England and SAN FRANCISCO...)

Enigma Diagnostics Announces a Signed Term Sheet for Patent Licenses with Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.

Date:12/16/2008

PORTON DOWN, England and SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Enigma Diagnostics Limited, the decentralized and point-of-care molecular diagnostics company, announced today that it has signed a term sheet for two patent license agreements with Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. (RMS).

The licenses will provide Enigma full access under patents owned or licensed by RMS and its affiliates to practice HybProbe real-time PCR chemistry and will allow Enigma to commercialize HybProbe diagnostic PCR tests for human and veterinary in vitro diagnostics on a worldwide basis, complementing Enigma's existing license under patents owned by Celera Diagnostics for real-time PCR thermal cyclers.

Enigma is currently developing a series of multiplexed, HybProbe assays for infectious diseases including chlamydia, influenza and MRSA. These tests will be combined with Enigma's revolutionary and fully automated real-time PCR system, the Enigma ML, to enable one-step molecular testing at point of care.

Financial terms were not disclosed.

    UK Contact:
    Enigma Diagnostics
    Deborah Cordingley
    deborah.cordingley@enigmadiagnostics.com
    +44 1980 590131

    US Contact:
    Richard Lewis Communications, Inc.
    212-827-0020
    Megan Dubrowski - Media
    mdubrowski@rlcinc.com
    Cecelia Heer - Investors
    cheer@rlcinc.com

About Enigma Diagnostics Limited

Enigma Diagnostics Limited is a private UK-based company specializing in developing the next generation of rapid molecular diagnostic instrument platforms for decentralized and point-of-care settings.

Enigma's innovative and proprietary technology combines the speed and sensitivity of real-time PCR (po
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