Current Agencies held by Pro-Gen Diagnostics (Pty) Ltd:
Abtek Biologicals:
Abtek Biologicals is a manufacturer of microbiological identification products, computerised sensitivity and identification systems, freeze dried antibiotics for the determination of antibiotic susceptibility in plates and freeze dried selective isolation supplements. These products are for use in microbiology laboratories in places ranging from hospitals and food manufacturers, to universities.
www.abtekbio.com
Alpha-Tech Systems:
Alpha-Tec Systems is focused on improving the fields of clinical mycobacteriology and parasitology with unique reagent technology. Their mycobacteriology reagents can improve the accuracy of AFB diagnostics and reduce the occurrence of contaminated or reprocessed samples by controlling pH during the specimen preparation process. Their parasitology system has replaced toxic mercury based fixatives with an environmentally safe alternative that improves parasite morphology, significantly increases parasite recovery, and is compatible with immunoassays. http://www.alphatecsystems.com
Alpha-Tec PDF brochure
Associates of Cape Cod:
Associates of Cape Cod, Inc. (ACC) has launched a new clinical diagnostics division focusing on (1,3)-ß-D-glucan analysis to aid in the diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infections (IFI). In 2004, ACC began the manufacture and sale of the Fungitell® assay, a diagnostic kit for the detection of (1,3)-ß-D-glucan in serum. Immune suppressed patients are at high risk for developing invasive fungal infections, which are typically difficult to isolate and diagnose. Affected patient populations include cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, stem cell and organ transplant patients, burn patients, HIV patients and ICU patients. For over 30 years, ACC has been a leading global supplier of analyte detection products, including Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) for the detection and quantification of bacterial endotoxins. ACC was the first manufacturer licensed by the FDA to manufacture LAL for use as a quality control test for endotoxin in the pharmaceutical and medical device markets
www.acciusa.com
Bactus:
Bactus AB is a Swedish biotech company, dedicated to clinical and industrial microbiology. The main products for Bactus are the well known Phadebact® kits for bacterial determination based on co-agglutination technology. For real-time PCR Bactus produces and market the ReSSQ kit for virus determination. Bactus also produces a wide range of microbiological substrates.
www.bactus.com
BAG Healthcare:
BAG develop and manufacture innovative in-vitro-diagnostics. The BAG reagents and in-vitro-diagnostic systems have long been used and established in hospitals, blood banks and medical laboratories worldwide. In the transfusion and transplant diagnostics market, the blood group typing and HLA diagnostics, based on serology and molecular genetic techniques, are a market leader. In addition to the broad range of infection serologic products, the hyplex® product line offers a highly innovative and wide range of modern PCR-based nucleic acid tests for bacterial parameters. BAG also offer a wide product spectrum of indicator systems for the testing and verification of cleaning and disinfection processes, as well as biological and chemical indicator systems for the monitoring of all sterilization methods, and the accompanying process-oriented documentation.
www.bag-healthcare.com
Cellestis:
Cellestis develops and markets QuantiFERON technology products for medical diagnosis and scientific research. The QuantiFERON technology is a patented whole blood method for detecting cell mediated immune (CMI) responses of T cell lymphocytes using whole blood samples. This unique technology provides accuracy and sensitivity, along with major savings in operator time, labour and reagents compared to other means of measuring CMI.
The QuantiFERON technology, with its simple In-Tube blood incubation step, is well suited to diagnostic pathology laboratory use in a number of infectious diseases and medical conditions. The method is also suitable for clinical research, clinical testing in vaccine development and any indication where the monitoring of CMI responses is required. Cellestis currently manufactures and markets four QuantiFERON product lines;
QuantiFERON - CMI
QuantiFERON - TB Gold - the first FDA approved blood test for TB
QuantiFERON - TB Gold In-Tube
QuantiFERON - CMV
www.cellestis.com
Cepheid:
Cepheid is an on-demand molecular diagnostics company that develops, manufactures, and markets fully-integrated systems and tests for genetic analysis in the clinical, industrial and biothreat markets. The Company's systems enable rapid, sophisticated genetic testing for organisms and genetic-based diseases by automating otherwise complex manual laboratory procedures. Cepheid's easy-to-use systems integrate a number of complicated and time-intensive steps, including sample preparation, DNA amplification and detection, which enable the analysis of complex biological samples in its proprietary test cartridges. Through its strong molecular biology capabilities, the Company is focusing on those applications where rapid molecular testing is particularly important, such as identifying infectious disease and cancer in the clinical market; food, agricultural, and environmental testing in the industrial market; and identifying bio-terrorism agents in the biothreat market
www.cepheid.com
CTK:
CTK develops and manufactures innovative immunodiagnostic test kits for the IVD community worldwide. CTK has a unique IVD business model in that they produce their own recombinant antigens and antibodies for later use in the production of test kits. The skill in obtaining and purifying these raw materials gives CTK an edge over competitors as they can guarantee that clients receive the highest quality products at exceptional pricing. Specializing in infectious disease diagnosis, CTK Biotech, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets innovative and unique test kits.
www.ctkbiotech.com
Diagnostic Hybrids:
Diagnostic HYBRIDS innovates, develops, manufactures and markets cellular and molecular diagnostic kits for various applications in detecting a wide range of respiratory diseases, herpes infections, thyroid function, and other high value markers of disease. Our products provide an accurate, rapid and cost-effective diagnosis, and our products are changing the way people use technologies to more effectively diagnose and treat respiratory and other diseases
www.dhiusa.com
Elitech Group:
Market leaders in
Urogenital Mycoplasma Diagnosis
Pathogenic Yeast Identification
Respiratory Mycoplasma Diagnosis
Urinary Tract Infection Diagnosis
Staphylococcus Diagnosis
www.elitechgroup.com
Focus Diagnostics:
Focus has had a long history of developing new and innovative testing services and products. The Company has assembled a strong group of Research and Development Scientists to continually fuel innovation, and Focus spends approximately 9% of sales annually on R&D to support the development of new laboratory assays and products internally and/or via external collaborations and in-licensing activities. These efforts typically result in the development of as many as 50 new and/or improved laboratory assays and an average of 3 new diagnostic products per year. In its quest to "beat the disease to the market" Focus has served as the initial entry point for many infectious disease tests in the US including, but not limited to Lyme disease, human Parvovirus, Chlamydia pneumoniae, Hantavirus, HSV, West Nile Virus and SARS. Today Focus Diagnostics enjoys one of the best reputations in the industry as a market innovator, a provider of exceptional personal service, and a producer of high quality test results and products. As part of the Quest Diagnostics family, Focus is poised to be an even more vital contributor to the global healthcare community.
www.focusdx.com
Gen-Probe:
Gen-Probe is a world leader in developing, manufacturing, and commercializing DNA probe technologies for diagnosing sexually transmitted diseases and microbial infectious diseases. These solutions not only include technologically advanced tests, but also a full line of instrumentation and dedicated customer service. GEN-PROBE products continue to set the standard for DNA probe technology in the diagnostic industry.
The AccuProbe® range of kits for culture confirmation of TB is considered the “gold standard” and is the market leader in southern Africa.
The APTIMA HIV-1 RNA Qualitative Assay is the first Nucleic Acid Test FDA Approved for diagnosis of HIV-1 infection in human plasma.
The APTIMA COMBO 2® Assay is a second generation nucleic acid amplification test that uses target capture for in vitro qualitative detection and differentiation of rRNA from CT and GC. The assay uses a family of Gen-Probe's proven technologies including target capture (TC), Transcription-Mediated Amplification (TMA) and Dual Kinetic Assay (DKA). This is the same family of technologies used to screen the nation's blood supply.
www.gen-probe.com
Haemoscope:
Haemoscope produce the gold standard in haemostasis monitoring and blood product management with the TEG® haemostasis instrument. The TEG® is unique in its ability to detect the state, cause and effect of imbalance in patient haemostasis and in providing guidance to effective management. Haemoscope are leaders in the field of TEG® and in continuous development of new assays in clinical evaluation of patient haemostasis. www.haemoscope.com
HISS Diagnostics:
HISS markets products for the medical microbiology, immunology and quality assurance for medical laboratories. Since 1991 the portfolio of antibodies for basic research in immunology, cancer research and neurology was expanded. HISS also supplies a wide range of antibodies, ELISA systems and purification systems for molecular biology, immunology and cell biology. HISS also manufacturers and produce under the brand name NOVITEC ® In-vitro diagnostic products for medical microbiology.
In November 2005 HISS added the NOVITEC ® product line - also a research reagent range.
www.hiss-dx.de
IDL:
IDL offers in vitro diagnostic tumor markers for various carcinomas, such as breast, gastrointestinal, lung and prostate cancers. The markers indicate ongoing tumor cell activity, giving rapid and distinct measurements on changes in tumor behaviour, and provide early signals - long lead times – about the course of the disease compared to clinical criteria. The IDL tumor marker panel provides an efficient tool for prognosis, treatment monitoring and follow-up for cancer patients
IDL also offers TUBEX® TF; an in vitro diagnostic rapid test for detection of typhoid fever, the severest form of Salmonella infection. Typhoid fever is caused by the Salmonella typhi bacteria, and when correctly diagnosed generally controlled using appropriate antibiotic therapy. TUBEX® TF allows a rapid and sensitive serum diagnosis of acute typhoid fever, and can easily be performed both in a laboratory setting and in field use. Test results are achieved within 10 minutes. Together with typical clinical symptoms, a positive TUBEX® TF results is a reliable indicator of typhoid fever.
www.idl.se
Iris Diagnostics:
Iris Diagnostics, a division of IRIS International, Inc., manufactures and sells automated urinalysis systems for use in hospitals and commercial laboratories worldwide. These systems perform both chemistry and microscopic analyses. Iris Diagnostics' automated systems are designed for workloads ranging from the largest hospitals to smaller laboratories and process anywhere from a few specimens to hundreds of specimens per day. Iris Diagnostics' systems are designed to provide users faster and more complete results, plus labor savings over manual methods of performing microscopy, one of the most labor intensive procedures in a clinical laboratory. The iQ®200 Automated Urine Microscopy Analyzer, which is a user-friendly, bench top, fully automated analyzer that performs microscopy on unspun specimens; simply load, press START and walk away. The iQ200 uses Auto-Particle Recognition (APR™) to identify and quantitate twelve formed elements. Results can be auto-released based on user-defined criteria. Images, not scattergrams, may be viewed on demand at the workstation monitor, dramatically reducing the need for manual microscopy. In addition, certain classes of particles may be sub-classified, if desired.
www.irisdiagnostics.com
IQ Products:
IQ Products has a long history of development and worldwide commercialization of innovative diagnostic products in the fields of transplantation and perinatal screening. IQ Products is a primary manufacturer of ready-to-use antibodies (antibody combinations) and diagnostic kits for the detection of Human Leukocytes and Leukocyte Enzyme-associated Molecules, Human MHC antigens, Human Cytokines, Human Fetal Erythrocytes, Apoptosis T cell responses, and Infectious diseases. www.iqproducts.nl
LABM
Lab M has long enjoyed an international reputation for the high quality of its dehydrated culture media, and especially its range for the culture and isolation of anaerobes.
Chromogenic media for Salmonella, Listeria and E.coli detection have confirmed Lab M's leading position, and services such as SMART QA have helped many Lab M customers to achieve national and international laboratory accreditation standards. Lab M also supplies bulk peptones, extracts and other raw materials of plant and animal origin to pharmaceutical and large-scale fermentation industries, in compliance with current EDQM certification. Lab M is certified in accordance with ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 13485; products designed for the clinical market are supplied in compliance with the European IVD directive and carry the CE mark.www.labm.com
Medical Wire & Equipment:
MW&E (or Medical Wire & Equipment) has provided a service to the medical laboratory community, and in particular the microbiologists for more than half a century. In the early years we provided customers with the components to produce their own swabs, or inoculating loops (with nichrome wire – hence the name!). MW&E were pioneers in the development of dipslides and dipspoons (still with us as DipKits), and have always had an interest in providing innovative products to improve and to simplify the process of collecting specimens or samples for testing, and for performing some of these tests as well. In 1975 MW&E introduced Transwab®, the first complete ready-to-use transport swab kit complete with swab and a tube of semi-solid transport medium.In 1980 MW&E introduced Virocult®, the first complete system with a medium dedicated to virus isolation. In 2004 the NCCLS standard M40-A was published, providing criteria for the performance testing of microbiological transport devices. Medical Wire was involved in the development of this standard and had already incorporated its provisions into its quality assurance programme for Transwab® in 2001
For many years MW&E has also been involved with the food and pharmaceutical industries providing convenient methods for monitoring hygiene or sterility. Our Isolation Transwabs® are popular for the easy detection of pathogenic bacteria such as Listeria, and in recent years our new NRS™ Transwabs® have become established as the product of choice for measuring residual contamination, or its absence, on disinfected food processing surfaces.
www.mwe.co.uk
Myconostica
Myconostica Ltd develops and supplies molecular diagnostic products to aid rapid, accurate and sensitive diagnosis of invasive fungal infections, such as Aspergillus spp., Pneumocystis jirovecii and Candida spp. www.myconostica.co.uk
SeraCare | BBI Diagnostics
SeraCare/BBI Diagnostics is an ISO 13485 certified manufacturer and supplier providing a comprehensive line of quality control products used in infectious disease testing, (HIV, Hepatitis, West Nile Virus, ToRCH, STD's, etc), including:
ACCURUN® (External Run Controls)
Qualification Control Panels
Verification Panels
Performance Panels
Sensitivity & Linearity Panels
Seroconversion Panels
Cultured Virus Material
Basematrix
The products are used by test kit manufacturers, infectious disease researchers, regulatory agencies, independent clinical laboratories, hospitals, public health laboratories, blood banks, and plasma collection centers to help ensure accurate and precise infectious disease test results.
www.seracare.com and click on BBI Diagnostics
Pro-Gen also have the following auxiliary products available:
Ritter
– repeat pipettors and syringe tips for all makes of repeat pipettors and other laboratory plastic ware: www.ritter-online.de
Elma
– Sonicator waterbaths for Gen-Probe assays: www.elma-ultrasonic.com
Diagnostics Grifols
– heating blocks for GenProbe assays: www.grifols.com