NEWARK, Del. & SOUTH PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 2005-- ANP Technologies Awards Cogent an Initial $500K Contract for Advancing Its Technology into Biological Agent Detection ANP Technologies, Inc., a leading prime contractor for the U.S. Army, specializing in nanobiotechnology, today announced its partnership with Cogent Systems (Nasdaq:COGT) in developing a low-cost, rapid biological detection system. ANP Technologies has developed a next generation Nano-Intelligent Detection System (NIDS(TM)) based low-cost, rapid, multiplexed assay for the identification and quantitative analysis of various biological agents and biomarkers to the U.S. Government and pharmaceutical industries.
