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bioMérieux announces the CE marking of VIDAS® tests for Chikungunya virus diagnosis

13 May, 2022

Marcy-l'Étoile, France – May 13th 2022 – bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, announces the CE marking of its automated tests to diagnose Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection on immunoassay instruments of the VIDAS® range.

bioMérieux receives De Novo FDA Authorization for its BIOFIRE® Joint Infection (JI) Panel

04 May, 2022

Marcy l’Étoile, France - bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, today announces that its BIOFIRE® Joint Infection (JI) Panel has received De Novo authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This panel tests for 31 pathogens implicated in most acute joint infections, and also includes 8 antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes to optimize antibiotic therapy and stewardship.

bioMérieux strengthens its commitment to fight antimicrobial resistance with the acquisition of Specific Diagnostics, an innovative company focusing on fast AST solution

12 April, 2022

Marcy l’Étoile, France, April 12th 2022 – bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Specific Diagnostics, a privately held U.S. based company that has developed a rapid antimicrobial susceptibility test (AST) system that delivers phenotypic AST directly from positive blood cultures. bioMérieux has held a minority stake in Specific Diagnostics since 2019, and the two companies had signed a co-distribution agreement covering the European market in 2021.

bioMérieux receives FDA 510(k) clearance for its VITEK® MS PRIME new MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry identification system

18 March, 2022

Marcy l’Etoile, France – March 18, 2022 — bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, announces that VITEK® MS PRIME, its new MALDI-TOF1 mass spectrometry identification system, has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This next generation system for routine microbial identification in minutes is now commercially available in countries that recognize CE-marking and in the United States.

bioMérieux launches EPISEQ® SARS-COV-2, a cloud-based software application for the epidemiological surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 variants

28 June, 2021

bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, has launched EPISEQ® SARS-COV-2, a genomic software solution to support microbiology labs in identification and reporting from raw sequencing data related to SARS-CoV-2 variants.

bioMérieux announces CE-marking of the new MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry identification system: VITEK® MS PRIME

30 April, 2021

bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, has announced the CE-marking of VITEK® MS PRIME, the next generation of the VITEK® MS MALDI-TOF1 mass spectrometry system for routine microbial identification in minutes.

bioMérieux – First-Quarter 2021 Business Review

27 April, 2021

bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, today releases its business review for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

bioMérieux announces the expansion of the CE marking of its molecular biology ARGENE® SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic test to include saliva specimens.

17 November, 2020

Marcy l’Etoile, France – November 16, 2020 – bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, has announced the expansion of its ARGENE® range for the detection of SARS-CoV-2. As a complement to nasopharyngeal swab specimens, the singleplex SARS-CoV-2 R-GENE® real-time PCR test may now be used on saliva and oropharyngeal (throat) swab specimens for the detection of the virus that causes COVID-19. This development helps optimize laboratory workflows.

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