Guided Therapeutics, Options Konika Minolta License

Guided Therapeutics Inc. of Norcross, Ga., has entered into a collaborative option to license and into a no-shop agreement with Konica Minolta Opto Inc. of Tokyo. The latter company will have a defined period of time to evaluate various applications of the Georgia-based company’s technology, including the potential adaptation of its noninvasive cervical cancer detection technology to lung and biliary cancer evaluation. The Japanese company will purchase prototype equipment and single-use disposables.