BioSource, Vienna Firm to Develop Biomedical Tests

BioSource International Inc. said it entered an agreement with Vienna-based Bender MedSystems to develop four new tests to detect and measure levels of antibodies in biomedical tests involving mice.

Camarillo-based BioSource will obtain and produce the basic materials and develop protocols for the test kits, which are likely to be used in the study of inflammatory disorders, cancer and AIDS. Bender MedSystems, a subsidiary of the Boehringer-Ingleheim Group, will manufacture the kits in Europe.

BioSource, a supplier of immunological reagents and test kits for biomedical research, said it hopes to reap between $250,000 to $500,000 in revenues annually from the joint effort.