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Biotest Diagnostics and Group Services for America's Blood Centers Sign Multi-Year Agreement for Blood Bank Products
ROCKAWAY, N.J., Oct 16, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Biotest Diagnostics Corporation (Biotest) and Group Services for America's
Blood Centers (GSABC), a cooperative wholly owned by America's
Blood Centers (ABC), announced today their multi-year supply agreement
for Biotest blood bank products including the Biotest traditional blood
bank reagents and the TANGO(R)
optimo Automated Blood Bank System, reagents, consumables and service.
Biotest is a subsidiary of Biotest AG, a worldwide supplier of manual
and automated solutions to the blood bank industry since 1946.
"We are pleased that GSABC has selected
Biotest as a business partner," said Bill
Weiss, President, Biotest. "Our goal is to
provide high-quality, cost-effective blood bank testing solutions for
hospital transfusion services, donor centers and commercial laboratories."
The agreement will provide members of GSABC with access to Biotest's
complete line of both traditional and automated blood bank products.
Recently licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the
traditional blood bank reagents include monoclonal rare antisera, ABO/Rh
reagents, reagent red cells, antihuman-globulin, controls and
potentiators. The Biotest TANGO optimo
Automated Blood Bank System is already in use in many GSABC facilities
to primarily perform donor antibody screening and for ABO/Rh testing.
Additional assays, such as weak D, antibody identification, Rh and Kell
phenotyping, crossmatching and direct antiglobulin testing --
which recently received FDA clearance for use on the TANGO --
will increase the utility of the instrument. The flexibility and
reliability of the TANGO optimo also make it an ideal instrument for
GSABC members' reference labs and those
within the lab performing transfusion service testing.
Susan Claffey, GSABC Director of Contracting said, "We
continue to monitor the industry for new suppliers that enable our blood
centers to provide the safest, most cost-effective blood products
possible. We are delighted to welcome Biotest Diagnostics as a new
supplier to our market. GSABC is committed to providing our members with
high-value choices for the reagents and equipment they need at a
competitive price."
About Biotest Diagnostics Corporation
Headquartered in Rockaway, N.J., Biotest Diagnostics Corporation is the
U.S. subsidiary of Biotest AG. Biotest supports two product groups:
Laboratory Diagnostics and Industrial Microbiology. An innovator of
immunology, the Diagnostics Group spearheads the development of
traditional and automated solutions for transplant and transfusion
diagnostics. The Microbiology Group assists customers in the monitoring
and maintaining of quality assurance programs in their industries while
also providing a one-stop shop for environmental monitoring needs,
including a complete line of prepared culture media and solutions for
air sampling, particle counting and surface testing. For more
information about Biotest's blood typing and testing solutions, call
800-522-0090, e-mail info@biotestusa.com
or visit Biotest at www.biotestusa.com.
About GSABC
Group Services for America's Blood Centers is
a cooperative wholly owned by America's Blood
Centers, providing group purchasing enterprise expertise and resource
sharing services to ABC members. GSABC is committed to member
involvement and to providing its members meaningful benefit through
resource management and financial returns. With an independent board of
directors, GSABC is a member directed organization.
TANGO(R) is a
trademark of Biotest AG.
SOURCE: Biotest Diagnostics Corporation
Biotest Diagnostics Corporation
Candace Williams, 973-625-1300
Candace.Williams@BiotestUSA.com
or
Stern + Associates
Emily Dell, 908-276-4344 ext. 210
emily@sternassociates.com
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