bioMérieux announces that following prospective management studies on its VIDAS D-Dimer test resulting in FDA approval and CE marking, the VIDAS D-Dimer New test has been renamed VIDAS D-Dimer Exclusion™. This name change will more accurately reflect the new intended use of the VIDAS D-Dimer Exclusion test, and also reinforce awareness of the significant role D-dimers can play in exclusion strategies for thromboembolic disease.
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bioMérieux and South Africa, united in the fight against AIDS
04 Mai, 2004
A major player in the field of infectious disease, bioMérieux, and its exclusive distributor for South Africa, Omnimed, have just won a most important tender for the National Health Laboratory Services of South Africa as regards the fight against the AIDS virus.
BOOM® patent upheld in Europe
20 April, 2004
The European Patent Office’s Board of Appeal has found in favour of bioMérieux in the opposition to its European patent for the Boom technology.
bioMérieux invests in the future of emergency diagnostics
15 April, 2004
A world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, with over 40 years experience in infectious diseases, bioMérieux SA recently confirmed its commitment to the field of emergency diagnostics through its presence at the 25th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine in Brussels on March 21–25, 2005.
NucliSens® miniMAG™, the first product from bioMérieux’s next generation nucleic acid extraction platform now available.
02 April, 2004
bioMérieux announces the introduction of NucliSens miniMAG and NucliSens Magnetic Extraction Reagents, two key components of the company’s next generation nucleic acid extraction technology.
U.S. FDA Premarket Notification 510(k) Clearance of Polycarbonate BacT/ALERT® Culture Bottles for Microbial QC Testing of Leukocyte-Reduced Single Units of Whole Blood Platelet Concentrates (WBPC)
26 März, 2004
bioMérieux announces U.S. FDA-CBER (1) Premarket Notification 510(k) clearance of the recently launched, innovative polycarbonate BacT/ALERT BPA and BacT/ALERT BPN culture bottles for microbial quality control testing of leukocyte-reduced single units of whole blood platelet concentrates (WBPC).
bioMérieux launches VITEK® 2 Compact, its new solution for rapid identification of micro-organisms
10 Februar, 2004
bioMérieux, a major player in the field of microbiological controls for the pharmaceutical and agri-food industries, introduces VITEK®2 Compact, the newest addition to its range of automated identification systems.
bioMérieux signs Clinton Foundation initiative on HIV
14 Januar, 2004
bioMérieux receives CE Mark certification for IVD products marketed in the European Union
08 Januar, 2004
bioMérieux has received CE Mark certifications for all of its in vitro diagnostic (IVD) products currently marketed in the European Union (EU). In compliance with the requirements of the 98/79/EC directive for CE Marking, which became applicable on December 7th, 2003, these certifications enable bioMérieux to continue to sell its products within the European Union after this date.
Cepheid and bioMérieux enter into strategic commercial program
06 Januar, 2004
bioMerieux to Apply Cepheid Platform Technology to NASBA Amplification Technology.