TTOO - T2 Biosystems Announces Extension of Multi-Year Capital Equipment Supplier Agreement with Vizient Inc. | Benzinga
LEXINGTON, Mass., March 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- T2 Biosystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTOO), a leader in the rapid detection of sepsis-causing pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes, today announced that its multi-year capital equipment supplier agreement with Vizient, Inc., the largest member-driven health care performance improvement company in the United States, has been extended through March 31, 2025. The products covered under the contract with Vizient include the T2Dx® Instrument, the T2Bacteria® Panel and the T2Candida® Panel, which detect sepsis-causing bacterial and fungal pathogens directly from whole blood.
"We are pleased to extend our multi-year agreement with Vizient, the nation's largest group purchasing organization. This reiterates the continued value that our products offer to patients suspected of sepsis," stated John Sperzel, Chairman and CEO of T2 Biosystems. "We believe there is a strong need for hospitals to have more effective rapid diagnostics that enable faster targeted therapy and this contract with Vizient improves hospitals' access to our life-saving technology."
Through the extended contract, Vizient members will continue to have access to broader exposure and contracted pricing for the T2Dx® Instrument, the T2Bacteria® Panel and the T2Candida® Panel, the only FDA-cleared products able to detect sepsis-causing pathogens directly from blood.
Vizient serves a wide range of health care organizations that represent a combined purchasing volume of approximately $100 billion annually and includes more than 50 percent of the nation's acute care hospitals, ...