Associates of Cape Cod, Inc. (ACC), is one of the world's largest manufacturers of products developed to detect and quantify gram-negative bacterial endotoxins and (1â3)-Ã-D-glucans. The firm's products are used worldwide by leading pharmaceutical and medical device companies to ensure the safety of their parenteral drugs, biological products and medical devices. The firms is ISO 13485: 2012 & 2003 certified; laboratories are FDA Inspected and DEA Licensed and =Beacon Diagnostics ® laboratory is CLIA certified. located in East Falmouth, MA with offices in the UK and Germany. The firm was among the first to be licensed by the FDA to manufacture LAL for use as a quality control test for endotoxin detection in the pharmaceutical and medical device markets. A very early SBIR involved firm but with limited program participation, ACC as grown to have aninternational in endotoxin detection, with over 150 employees and a distribution network servicing 80 countri