Panel Recommends Values For Lp-PLA2 In The Assessment Of Cardiovascular Disease Risk; diaDexus’ PLAC(R) Test Predicts Risk Of Heart Disease And Stroke

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2006--diaDexus, Inc. today announced the publication of the first recommendations for a proposed cut point for lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2), an enzyme that independently predicts the risk of coronary heart disease and ischemic stroke. The report was published in the Summer 2006 issue of Preventive Cardiology.

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