Olink Bioscience and Space Import-Export S.r.l. sign distribution agreement for the Italian market.

Olink Bioscience and Space Import-Export S.r.l. sign distribution agreement for the Italian market.

UPPSALA, SWEDEN, November 12, 2009 - Olink Bioscience has signed an agreement with Space Import-Export s.r.l for distribution of the Duolink® product line in Italy.

"Our agreement with Space Import-Export is a further step in the process to penetrate the European market. Space Import-Export is an excellent provider of first class products and will help us to expand the market for our Duolink product line in the region" says Peter Karlberg, Director of Sales and Marketing, Olink Bioscience.

"We are very excited to be able to offer this new enabling tool to the research community in Italy. In situ PLA(TM) is an innovative technology and fits very well with Space Import-Export s.r.l. goals to provide first class reagents for proteomics- and cancer research" says Luca Cicchetti, Sales and Marketing Manager of Space Import-Export s.r.l.

The Duolink product line is based on Olink Bioscience proprietary in situ PLA, a proximity ligation assay technology that extends the capabilities of traditional immunofluorescence and immunohistochemistry to include direct detection of proteins, protein interactions and modifications with unparalleled specificity and sensitivity. Target proteins are detected with single molecule resolution, allowing digital quantification and information about the exact localization of the target. Furthermore, the proteins can be studied at normal expression levels in fixed cells and tissue sections.

About Olink Bioscience

Olink Bioscience is a privately held biotech supply company based in Uppsala, Sweden founded in 2004. The company controls significant IP covering technologies related to detection and analysis of proteins and nucleic acids. These technologies are commercialized as proprietary Olink Bioscience products, in spin-out companies and in collaboration with external organization. In 2007 Olink Bioscience introduced the Duolink product line for in situ detection of proteins, protein interactions and protein modifications. These products are based on PLA, a proximity ligation assays technology which use dual recognition of the analyte in combination with a DNA amplification based reporter system, resulting in unparalleled sensitivity and specificity. The technology is available as reagent kits and contract research projects through Olink Bioscience.

Duolink is intended for research use only. Duolink is not for use in human diagnostic or therapeutic procedures.

About Space Import-Export

Space Import Export s.r.l. is a privately held company that has been working into the research and diagnostic field since 1985. Space act as distributor of the main biotech related companies into the whole Italian market and have a high qualified team of 18 peoples.
Any further information is available at http://www.spacesrl.com/

For information please contact:

Peter Karlberg
Director Sales and Marketing
Olink Bioscience
Phone: +46 (0)18444 30 70
email: peter.karlberg@olink.com