Cepheid: Xpert HIV-1 Viral Load Test Achieves CE-IVD Status - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Cepheid (CPHD) and the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) announced that Xpert HIV-1 Viral Load, a quantitative test for measurement of the HIV-1 viral load in plasma, has achieved CE-IVD status under the European Directive on In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices. Xpert HIV-1 Viral Load is expected to begin shipping in February 2015.

"Xpert HIV-1 Viral Load, our eighth product release in 2014, marks Cepheid's entry into the foundational elements of the virology market and extends our menu of Xpert tests to 20 outside of the U.S.," said John Bishop, Cepheid's CEO.