WARREN, N.J., May 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Roka Bioscience,
Inc. ("Roka") (NASDAQ: ROKA), a molecular diagnostics company
focused on providing advanced testing solutions for the detection
of foodborne pathogens, announced today that it has entered into an
5-year non-exclusive distribution agreement with FoodChek
Systems Inc. to distribute their lines of both proprietary Actero™
ELITE Enrichment Media and non-proprietary Actero™ UNIVERSAL
Enrichment Media.
The agreement allows Roka Bioscience to expand its product menu
aimed at food safety labs to include both technically advanced
enrichment and detection solutions. "By pairing the innovative
enrichment media products in FoodChek's Actero™ Media line with the
advanced detection capabilities of the Atlas® system, we can
further our goal to deliver industry leading accuracy and faster
time-to-result for pathogen testing in the food industry," said
Mary Duseau, President and CEO of
Roka.
"This agreement demonstrates Roka's endorsement of the quality,
performance and effectiveness of FoodChek's Actero™ Media. The time
savings enabled by Actero™ media combined with the sensitivity of
Roka's Atlas® system provides increased value to testing
laboratories and food processors alike. This
combination can result in superior production work flow, additional
product shelf life and an improved financial bottom line to all end
users," said Terry Macartney,
Executive Vice President, Operations and Product Development of
FoodChek.
About FoodChek:
FoodChek
(www.foodcheksystems.com) specializes in the development and
commercialization of proprietary, rapid, accurate and
cost-effective food safety products. FoodChek's industry-leading
proprietary Actero™ ELITE Enrichment Media is the foremost recovery
process of stressed organisms in the sample enrichment media phase
for the detection of pathogens in food and environmental
samples.
About Roka Bioscience:
Roka Bioscience is a
molecular diagnostics company focused on developing and
commercializing advanced testing solutions for the food safety
testing market. Our Atlas® Detection Assays incorporate our
advanced molecular technologies and are performed on our
"sample-in, result-out" Atlas® System that automates all aspects of
molecular diagnostic testing on a single, integrated platform. The
Atlas® System and Detection Assays are designed to provide our
customers with accurate and rapid test results with reduced labor
costs and improved laboratory efficiencies. For more
information, visit http://rokabio.com.
Investor Contact:
Roka Bioscience, Inc.
ir@rokabio.com
1-855-ROKABIO (855-765-2246)
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SOURCE Roka Bioscience, Inc.