BIOMERIEUX

BioMerieux designs, develops, manufactures, and markets in vitro diagnostic systems for clinical and industrial applications. The company’s diagnostic systems consist of reagents and consumables used to conduct biological tests, for use in performing screening, diagnostic assistance, prognosis, and treatment monitoring; instruments, platforms, and autoanalyzers used for automated testing at high or low throughputs; software to process analyses and systems to interpret biological test results... ; and other related services such as the installation and maintenance of instruments, user training, and the audit of laboratory workflows. BioMerieux offers diagnostic systems for clinical applications including the diagnosis of infectious diseases, comprising HIV, tuberculosis, and respiratory diseases, as well as cardiovascular diseases and targeted cancers based on the analysis of biological samples such as blood, saliva, and urine; and for industrial applications including the analysis of microbiological manufacturing such as food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. The company markets and sells its products through a network of distributors to private sector analysis laboratories, hospital laboratories, blood banks, and physician office laboratories; food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics industries; and independent quality control laboratories. It has operations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. BioMerieux were founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Marcy l’Etoile, France. It is a subsidiary of Institut Mérieux.More