ABL is Pleased to Announce the TherapyEdge ViroScore Suite Platform is Now Available in Brazil

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Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:00pm EST

LUXEMBOURG & SAO PAULO, Brazil--(Business Wire)--
Advanced Biological Laboratories (ABL) and Centro de Genomas are pleased to
announce an agency agreement whereby Centro de Genomas will provide to the
private and public sectors throughout Brazil, the ABL TherapyEdge products in
Portuguese language. Beginning immediately Centro de Genomas will be supporting
TherapyEdge, ViroScore Suite and other online services primarily in the field of
HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis. 

Through the agreement, Centro de Genomas will provide the advanced technical
support and customer care that ABL TherapyEdge customers have come to appreciate
and value highly. Centro de Genomas will offer customers expanded training and
support via workshops and in-office training. 

ABL and Centro de Genomas will work closely to develop strategic partnerships in
Brazil. The combined alliance will seek to find a national or a regional
corporate Diagnostic distributor for ABL's products line. 

In accordance with its full commitment to support research, which include free
medical tools and exchange of knowledge for the benefit of humanity, ABL has
proposed Centro de Genomas to be in contact with any researcher, university and
non-profit institution in Brazil to offer them royalty free sublicense rights on
ABL US patents (Barry et al 6.081.786, 6.188.988 and their foreign equivalents
including the ones prosecuted in Brazil). 

"We're extremely pleased about this new partnership. We believe Brazilian
infectious diseases specialists and patients will see the benefits of an
integrated IT solution such as TherapyEdge. We have now TherapyEdge customized
for the Brazilian market which should ease its widespread use," said Dr Chalom
Sayada, CEO of ABL. 

"ABL is the ideal company to partner with us. The electronic medical records
market and online services is growing rapidly and fulfills important needs for
integrated disease management in complex diseases such as HIV and viral
hepatitis. It is completing our offer for advanced healthcare technologies,"
said Mrs Cinthia Vilhena, CEO of Centro de Genomas. 

"The TherapyEdge ViroScore platform will offer Brazilian clinicians, virologists
and epidemiologists with a suite of comprehensive tools to support their
clinical routine but also their research from therapeutics to genomics," said Dr
Ricardo Sobhie Diaz, Medical Director of Centro de Genomas. 

More information about ABL at www.ablsa.com and Centro de Genomas at
www.centrodegenomas.com.br

Advanced Biological Laboratories (ABL), S.A.
Phone: +352 2638 8921
Fax: +352 2638 8938
Email: chalom@ablsa.com
Attention: Chalom B. Sayada (CEO)
or
Centro de Genomas
Phone: +55 11 5079 9593
Fax: +55 11 5585 9242
Email: cvilhena@centrodegenomas.com.br
Attention: Dra Cintia Vilhena 

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