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GenMark Receives Medical Device Manufacturing License for its Carlsbad Facility

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^{Published in Health and Fitness on Thursday, March 17th 2011 at 10:20 GMT by Market Wire}  

CARLSBAD, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--GenMark Diagnostics (Nasdaq:GNMK)today advised it has received notice from the California State Food and Drug Branch, that following a recent audit of its new Carlsbad facility, it has been issued with a medical device manufacturing license, enabling the company to manufacture and distribute all its existing and future products from this facility. All operations at its Pasadena facility, which had been the source of all manufacturing and distribution for the company, will cease at the end of March 2011.

ABOUT GENMARK

GenMark, a provider of automated, multiplex molecular diagnostic testing systems, detects and measures DNA and RNA targets to diagnose disease and to optimize the treatment of patients and is focused on developing and commercializing its eSensor detection technology. GenMark's XT-8 System is designed to support a broad range of molecular diagnostic tests with a compact and easy-to-use workstation and self-contained, disposable test cartridges. GenMark has developed five diagnostic tests for use with the XT-8 System, including its Cystic Fibrosis Genotyping Test, Warfarin Sensitivity Test and Thrombophilia Risk Test which have received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration.