Gen-Probe Incorporated Announces FDA Clears First Nucleic Acid Amplification Test to Detect Common Sexually Transmitted Infection Trichomonas Vaginalis

Gen-Probe Incorporated GPRO announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared for marketing its APTIMA® Trichomonas vaginalis assay on the fully automated TIGRIS® system. The APTIMA assay is the first amplified nucleic acid test specifically cleared to detect Trichomonas vaginalis, the most common curable sexually transmitted infection in the United States. The assay may be used to test clinician-collected endocervical or vaginal swabs, urine, and specimens collected in PreservCyt solution from symptomatic or asymptomatic women.