RESPONSE BIOMEDICAL ANNOUNCES LXU HEALTHCARE AS A REGIONAL US DISTRIBUTOR FOR THE RAMP CARDIOVASCULAR TESTS

Response Biomedical Corp. announced today that it has appointed LXU Healthcare, Inc., a leading provider of premier medical equipment and specialty devices, as its exclusive distributor for the RAMP Cardiovascular Tests in a number of key markets in the USA. Response Biomedical has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Canadian regulatory clearance for its fluorescence-based RAMP Reader for general clinical use and three RAMP Cardiac Marker Tests for detecting

troponin I, CK-MB and myoglobin.

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