AccuMed International establishes strategic marketing partnership with Fisher Scientific.CLEVELAND--(HealthWire)--Sept. 16, 1996--AccuMed International Inc., a laboratory diagnostic products company, today announced a strategic marketing partnership with Curtin Matheson Scientific (CMS (1) See content management system and color management system. (2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system. ), a subsidiary of Fisher Scientific Fisher Scientific, formally Fisher Scientific International, Inc. and colloquially Fisher was a biotechnology company that provided products and services to the global scientific research and United States clinical laboratory markets. and one of the world's largest distributors of clinical laboratory products. The exclusive agreement between CMS and AccuMed's Microbiology microbiology: see biology. microbiology Scientific study of microorganisms, a diverse group of simple life-forms including protozoans, algae, molds, bacteria, and viruses. Division will provide a distribution base for AccuMed microbiology products marketed under the trade name Sensititre. Sensititre provides a range of systems for ID/MIC susceptibility testing susceptibility test Antimicrobial susceptibility test, see there utilizing microdilution panel technology. The product line incorporates a range of accessories for susceptibility susceptibility the state of being susceptible. Refers usually to infectious disease but may be to physical factors such as wetting or to psychological factors such as harassment. and identification applications, including automated instruments. The new arrangement covers the complete Sensititre product line, as well as new products under development and testing. All products will be offered through CMS distribution channels into the clinical laboratory market. CMS begins distribution in October. AccuMed International, headquartered in Chicago, is the emerging leader in the field of automated cytopathology (the screening of cell specimens), marketed under the AcCell(TM) System tradename. Its Microbiology Division manufactures and markets proprietary FDA-approved bacteria disposable tests and instrument systems. CONTACT: V.M. Frantz & Company Ginna Frantz, 212/697-4288 |
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