Improved food safety tests the goal of new partnership

Laval, QC – Biotech company Warnex says it has formed a strategic alliance with laboratory equipment maker Eppendorf. The alliance will be devoted to combining Eppendorf’s real-time PCR system with Warnex’s pathogen detection kits and software to provide enhanced food safety tests.

“With their scientific expertise and strong commitment to research and development, Warnex has developed a broad portfolio of pathogen detection tests and has led the way with quantitative real-time PCR tests,” says Klaus Fink, president and CEO of Eppendorf. “Together, our expertise will generate a complete and state-of-the-art food testing solution providing significant customer benefits.”