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Innovations buoy diagnostics sector

By John O’Doherty

Published: January 3 2010 22:40 | Last updated: January 3 2010 22:40

For most people, drunken sailors and what to do with them is a question that is only of interest when they have school-age children who are learning to sing. But for Akers Biosciences, inebriated servicemen are a business opportunity.

Aim-listed Akers sells breathalyser kits to the US military to help reduce drink-driving incidents of its service personnel after a night on the town. But the company has expanded beyond this simple test to develop products in one of the fastest-growing fields of the diagnostics sector.

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