OpGen’s Subsidiary Curetis and FIND Extend R&D Collaboration Agreement

ROCKVILLE, Md., Aug. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — OpGen, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPGN, “OpGen” or “the Company”), a precision medicine company harnessing the power of molecular diagnostics and bioinformatics to help combat infectious disease, reported today that its German subsidiary Curetis GmbH has signed an extended and continued research and development (“R&D”) collaboration agreement with FIND. Following the successful completion of the feasibility phase of the collaboration and having met all milestones on time and within budgets, the parties now plan to collaborate on first phases of product development of an antimicrobial resistance (AMR) cartridge from blood culture that is tailored to the needs of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in terms of panel design and coverage of specific genetic variants of bacterial strains and their AMR markers in such countries, as well as ensuring attractive cost profile and pricing models that allow for access to such rapid testing in LMICs.