Lipomics Measures Up to Agilent

Lipomics Technologies Inc. and Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced that they will collaborate to develop research and diagnostic assays combining Agilent analytical platforms with Lipomics' expertise in biomarker discovery and validation.

The assays will focus on metabolic diseases, a family of related disorders driven in large part by subtle, long-term dysregulation of lipid metabolism. Lipomics Technologies provides quantitative, diagnostically accurate measurements of more than 1,500 metabolites, allowing comprehensive profiling of whole-body lipid metabolism. The company's quantitative methods and expertise in lipid biology drive development of clinically relevant diagnostic and research assays.

"Lipomics has developed considerable expertise in investigating the role that lipid metabolism plays in disease mechanisms," said Michael McNulty, general manager of Diagnostics, Agilent Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis. "Both companies see significant synergies in combining this expertise with Agilent's capabilities to separate, detect and analyze molecules in the development of new diagnostic tools."