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Applied Biosystems Group (Foster City, California), an Applera business, reported that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Hitachi High-Technologies, an affiliate of Hitachi Ltd. (Tokyo) to develop and commercialize capillary electrophoresis (CE)-based DNA analysis technologies.

This agreement extends the term of and also amends an existing collaboration agreement that began in 1997. Applied Biosystems and Hitachi High-Technologies will continue to be exclusive collaborators in the development and commercialization of CE-based instruments for research, applied market and diagnostic applications. The current product line includes the Applied Biosystems 3130 and 3730 series DNA analyzers. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Healthvision (Irving, Texas), a health information tech company, said it has signed a contract with the Greater Rochester Independent Practice Association (GRIPA; Rochester, New York) to provide a shared health information exchange to enable a clinically integrated healthcare delivery continuum. GRIPA will deploy additional Healthvision services including electronic prescribing, referral management and electronic medical record (EMR) interoperability, according to the company.

Healthvision said GRIPA represents its third client to build a connected healthcare community in New York State.