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bioMérieux and Hitachi Partnership to Focus on Microbiology and Molecular Diagnostics

By HospiMedica staff writers
Posted on 25 Mar 2008
bioMerieux (Marcy l'Etoile, France), an in-vitro diagnostics company, and Hitachi High-Technologies Corp.(Tokyo, Japan) have entered into a long-term strategic partnership. More...
They plan to identify and develop new microbiology and molecular diagnostic systems.

New instruments developed under the partnership will be manufactured by Hitachi High-Technologies and distributed through bioMérieux's worldwide commercial network. bioMérieux is present in more than 150 countries through 38 subsidiaries and a large network of distributors. Teams from bioMérieux and Hitachi High-Technologies are working together toward development milestones on a new system.

"bioMérieux's vision, and a key objective of our 2012 strategy, is to bring full automation to microbiology laboratories around the world. This partnership enables bioMérieux to work with extremely talented engineers from Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation to better serve our customers,” said Stéphane Bancel, CEO of bioMérieux. "We will also introduce innovative systems to molecular diagnostics, leveraging bioMérieux's expertise in biology and Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation's remarkable engineering capabilities,” he added.


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