Corporate Profile for Biopool, Dated May 21, 1999.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and online services, including all of the leading Internet-based services. -0-
Published Date: May 21, 1999
Company Name: Biopool International, Inc.
Address: 6025 Nicolle Street
Ventura, Calif. 93003
Main Telephone
Number: 805/654-0643
Internet Home
Page Address
(URL): www.biopool.com
Chief Executive
Officer: Michael D. Bick, Ph.D.
Chief Financial
Officer: Robert K. Foote
Investor Relations
Contact: Carol Hill
Business number: 805/654-0643
e-mail address: invest@biopool.com
Trading Symbol/
Exchange: OTC BB:BIPL
Industry: Medical Device Manufacturer (Diagnostic Test Kits)
Market Makers: Knight Secs., Wedbush Morgan, USCC Trading, Mayer
& Schweitzer, Herzog Heine Geduld, Wien Secs., Carr
Secs., M.H. Meyerson, Wilson-Davis & Co.
Company description: Biopool International, Inc., is a recognized leader and innovator in in vitro in vitro /in vi·tro/ (in ve´tro) [L.] within a glass; observable in a test tube; in an artificial environment. in vi·tro adj. In an artificial environment outside a living organism. diagnostic blood test kits used to assess and diagnose diagnose /di·ag·nose/ (di´ag-nos) to identify or recognize a disease. di·ag·nose v. 1. To distinguish or identify a disease by diagnosis. 2. a wide range of bleeding and clotting clotting /clot·ting/ (klot´ing) coagulation (1). clotting the formation of a jellylike substance over the ends or within the walls of a blood vessel, with resultant stoppage of the blood flow. disorders and evaluate and predict cardiovascular risk factors, as well as specialty toxicology toxicology, study of poisons, or toxins, from the standpoint of detection, isolation, identification, and determination of their effects on the human body. Toxicology may be considered the branch of pharmacology devoted to the study of the poisonous effects of drugs. controls used to monitor and measure the presence of drugs of abuse. Biopool's complete line of approximately 60 FDA-cleared products is sold to hospitals, clinical and reference laboratories, and research institutions on a worldwide basis. In addition to selling its products through distributors in over 30 countries, many of the "big players" in the diagnostics market have partnered with Biopool to utilize its manufacturing and product development expertise. These companies include Biosite, Dade Behring, Instrumentation instrumentation, in music: see orchestra and orchestration. instrumentation In technology, the development and use of precise measuring, analysis, and control equipment. Laboratory, i-STAT Corporation, Organon or·ga·non or or·ga·num n. pl. or·ga·nons or or·ga·nums or or·ga·na 1. An organ. 2. A set of principles for use in scientific investigation. organon pl. organa [Gr.] organ. Teknika (a division of Akzo Nobel Akzo Nobel is a multinational company, active in the fields of healthcare products, coatings and chemicals. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the company has activities in more than 80 countries, and employs approximately 62,000 people. ), Ortho Diagnostic Systems (a division of Johnson & Johnson), and Sigma SIGMA - A scientific visual programming environment from NASA. http://fi-www.arc.nasa.gov/fia/projects/sigma/. Diagnostics (Sigma/Aldrich). Incorporated in Delaware in 1987 and headquartered in Ventura, California Incorporated in 1866, the city of San Buenaventura (usually referred to as Ventura) is the county seat of Ventura County, California. Ventura has a population of 106,744.[1] Ventura is accessible via U.S. , Biopool has one subsidiary, Biopool AB, located in Umes, Sweden. -0- STOCK DATA: Symbol: BIPL FYE: 12/31 52-Week High/Low(a): $1.78 / $.50 Avg. Daily Volume(a): 35,000 Float: 7.5 million (approx.) Shares Outstanding: 8.5 million (a) 5/17/99 Statement of Income (in thousands, except per share data) For Years Ended December 31, 1998 1997 1996 Sales $15,048 $16,505 $8,020 Income before taxes 408 831 1,180 Net income 414 843 1,295 Earnings per share $.05 $.10 $.16 |
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