Sequenom recently released data suggesting its real-world performance tracked with trial results, based on physician feedback.
"It's not the same type quality control as a controlled trial, " Sequenom's Dr. Bombard said, though he expects doctors to proactively report unusual results.
Earlier this month, Sequenom made a hostile bid for Exact Sciences.
"I'm doing everything I can do to promote the message" that positive results should be confirmed with invasive testing, said Allan Bombard, chief medical officer at Sequenom.
"All patients want to hear that you don't need to have something invasive, " said Laura Limone, genetic-counseling supervisor at the perinatal group and a member of Sequenom's speakers bureau.
Sequenom is developing a high-speed "bacterial fingerprinting" technique based on mass spectrometry that can be used to rapidly identify the DNA of subtly different strains of bacteria or viruses.
The tool is being used by 16 companies and research institutes, including Sequenom, a biotech firm in San Diego, California, and by the Indian government, to track drugs to treat a new strain of malaria.
"Given the economic climate, everyone is trying to get in line at the trough, " says Charles Cantor , a bioterrorism expert and chief scientific officer at San Diego biotech firm Sequenom (nasdaq: SQNM - news - people ).
The tool is being used by 16 companies and research institutes, including Sequenom, (nasdaq: SQNMD - news - people ) a biotech firm in San Diego, California, and by the Indian government, to track drugs to treat a new strain of malaria.
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