DEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dade Behring Inc. (NASDAQ:DADE), the world’s largest company solely dedicated to clinical diagnostics, and Novation, the health care contracting services company of VHA Inc. and the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), have announced the signing of a three-year agreement that provides Novation’s 2,500 alliance members with continued access to all of Dade Behring’s chemistry products. The agreement also includes an option for a two-year extension.