NEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of Open, Transparent and Connected financial marketplaces, today announced SQI Diagnostics Inc. (TSX-V: SQD; OTCQX: SQIDF), a life sciences and diagnostics company, has qualified to trade on OTCQX®, the best marketplace.

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SQI begins trading today on OTCQX under the symbol "SQIDF."  U.S. investors can find current financial disclosure and Real-Time Level 2 quotes for the company on www.otcmarkets.com.

"SQI is developing technology to reduce the number of blood tests necessary to diagnose disease, cutting the total cost of delivery for drug development programs and diagnostics testing laboratories," said R. Cromwell Coulson, President and CEO of OTC Markets Group.  "We are proud to welcome SQI to our group of established U.S. and global companies on OTCQX and wish the company continued success in the execution of its business strategy."

"We are pleased to be traded on the OTCQX marketplace," said Andrew Morris, CEO of SQI Diagnostics Inc.  "Trading on the OTCQX will help increase awareness of SQI in the U.S. investment community and is an important step for SQI's continued growth."

Dorsey & Whitney LLP serves as SQI's Principal American Liaison ("PAL") on OTCQX, responsible for providing professional guidance on OTCQX requirements.

SQI Diagnostics is a life sciences and diagnostics company that develops and commercializes proprietary technologies and products for advanced microarray diagnostics.  The company's proprietary microarray tests and fully-automated systems are designed to simplify protein and antibody testing workflow, increase throughput, reduce costs and provide excellent data quality.

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