India, Feb. 15 -- Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, has announced that its QXDx AutoDG ddPCR System, which uses Bio-Rad's Droplet Digital PCR technology, and the QXDx BCR-ABL %IS Kit are the industry's first digital PCR products to receive U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance. Used together, Bio-Rad's system and kit can precisely and reproducibly monitor molecular response to treatment in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).

"Bio-Rad is proud to announce our first FDA-cleared liquid biopsy test in oncology," said Annette Tumolo, Bio-Rad EVP and President, Life Science Group. "The QXDx AutoDG ddPCR System and QXDx BCR-ABL %IS Kit represent the first...