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BioThreat Alert™ Test Strip and Guardian Reader™ to Launch at N.D.M.S. 2000 Conference

 

Source: Alexeter Technologies.

 

04.25.00 |  Alexeter Technologies, LLC (Wheeling, IL) announced today the launch of their national Guardian [Bio Threat Alert™ Test Strip] Reader System marketing campaign at the National Disaster Medical Systems Conference, being held at the Alexis Park Hotel in Las Vegas, NV, April 29th through May 2, 2000.  The meeting is being sponsored by the U.S. Public Health Service.

The Guardian Reader System™ is the first widely-available, commercial biological test system available for on-site us by emergency first-response officials.  The Guardian Reader System allows rapid screening tests to be conducted on unknown biological agents that may be encountered as a result of terrorist threats or events.

The system comprises a disposable BioThreat Alert Test Strip for Anthrax from Tetracore, LLC (Rockville, MD) and Alexeter's Guardian [BioThreat Alert] Test Strip Reader, a hand-held, battery-operated instrument for measuring test results on the BioThreat Alert Test Strip.

Alexeter and Tetracore are co-marketing the system as a compact, cost-effective solution to continuing threats of biological warfare terrorism now confronting cities across the nation.

Alexeter Technologies, LLC is a privately-held company located in suburban Chicago.
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 2003
4.01 U.S. GOVERNMENT WARNING | The U.S. Government recently issued a classified intelligence bulletin to be on the lookout for the biological toxins: ricin and botulinum toxin.
2.04 EPA ANALYSIS | An EPA study analyzing the potential of biological & identification devices; BioThreat Alert came out ranked #1 overall in cost-benefit analysis.
1.23 CHIEF REARDON LETTER | Illinois MABAS President & Northbrook Fire Chief requests assistance from Congressman Mark Kirk in reversing a recent policy.
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1.06 CHIEF RYAN LETTER | Mr. Ryan of the Chicago Fire Dept issues a vote of support for putting reliable, hand-held biodetection equipment in the hands of responders.

 

 
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8.12 ALEXETER RESPONSE TO IAFC | Alexeter's response to the IAFC's unwitting stance that handheld testing on unknown visible powders and substances is "unreliable".

 

 
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