NORCROSS,SpextRx has received a $1.5 million earnout payment from Respironics, closing out its sale of a product line to that firm in 2003.

SpectRx (OTCBB: SPRX) says the funds will be helped to launch its new insulin pump as well as development of non-invasive cervical cancer technology.

In all, Respironics paid SpectRx $9.5 million for the BiliCheck product line. BiliChek is a blood test for newborns suffering with infant jaundice.

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