Roche has announced the establishment of a strategic alliance with Sentara Consolidated Laboratories of Norfolk, Va., that designates the institution as a Roche Molecular Center of Excellence (MCOE).
Established in 2002, Roche's MCOE network enables non-competing regional laboratories across the U.S. to collaborate and capitalize on scientific knowledge in molecular testing and, in turn, help accelerate the advancement of new test methods and technology. Sentara Healthcare is an integrated healthcare system that has 28,000 employees and includes 12 hospitals and multiple patient care facilities across Virginia and North Carolina.
"Roche is very pleased to welcome Sentara Consolidated Laboratories into the Molecular Centers of Excellence network," said Jack Phillips, president and CEO of Roche Diagnostics Corporation. "The network will especially benefit from their expertise in lab quality, automation and informatics, and we look forward to working together to implement molecular technologies for the advancement of personalized medicine."
Sentara is one of 33 labs that have received the MCOE designation and joined in the strategic partnership. "This relationship with the MCOE network will help keep Sentara on the forefront of diagnostics," said Tabetha Sundin, Ph.D., acting director, Sentara Consolidated Laboratory Services. "It will also support our focus on improving efficiency within the lab and ensuring that the right test and right technology are used at the right time."
As a nationally recognized Roche MCOE, Sentara Consolidated Laboratories will offer physicians and patients some of the latest and most innovative technologies in molecular and tissue diagnostics, and will help provide input to Roche for the development of next-generation diagnostic solutions.
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