Rubicon Genomics, Inc., a developer of pre-analytical amplification products that enable more comprehensive genetic analysis of clinical and research samples, announced today that it has reached agreement with ZyGEM to non-exclusively market Rubicon's PicoPlex™ single-cell amplification kits in Australia and New Zealand.
"This agreement with ZyGEM represents another major step in the adoption of Rubicon's pre-analytical amplification kits in the global marketplace. Rubicon's technology is capable of performing rapid amplification of nucleic acids from a wide variety of sample types easily and with excellent fidelity," said James Koziarz, President and CEO of Rubicon Genomics.
"Since its introduction in July of 2009, interest in PicoPlex kits in the research and commercial markets has been strong. The PicoPlex technology nicely complements ZyGEM's advanced DNA extraction products and we are looking forward to bringing this cutting-edge technology to the markets we serve in Australia and New Zealand," said Paul Kinnon, CEO of ZyGEM.