Ever expanding rapid diagnostic products

Inverness Medical Innovations develops and manufactures rapid diagnostic products for use in preventive as well as interventional therapies.

Information from patients’ body fluids, or tissue, assists physicians to diagnose disease, as well as to measure a patient’s response to a specific therapy. Its range of clinical diagnostic products already includes, the well-known brands Clearview, Inverness Medical TestPack, Binax, Determine, BioStar, and many others. ‘Our high quality immunoassays in pregnancy testing and fertility, respiratory, enteric and infectious diseases, autoimmune disorders, osteoporosis, cancer and cardiology, have demonstrated proven efficiency in clinics, hospitals and laboratories internationally,’ the firm points out.

Currently, Inverness Medical Innovations reports that it is exploring opportunities to optimise the use of its technologies, as well as continually evaluating other technological advances, for development or acquisition, in a variety of medical/health areas.

14.11.2006

News • Trial of laboratory service

Drone delivery of blood samples debuts in London

The delivery of blood samples via drone from a hospital to a medical laboratory can save a lot of time, compared with land-based transport. A new trial explores the potential in London.

News • Achieving and maintaining high service quality

QA in histopathology laboratories from pre- to post-analytic phase

Testing from histopathology laboratories is considered the gold standard for many diseases. To avoid errors that can significantly impact patient outcomes, an expert details on quality assurance (QA).

News • Neurometabolism

Huntington: New insights into disease progression

Researchers discovered a gene that might be a key factor in the progression of Huntington’s disease in organoids. The gene may contribute to brain abnormalities much earlier than previously thought.