CEO SUMMARY: For Beckman Coulter, the opportunity to acquire the diagnostics business of Olympus Corporation was compelling for at least two reasons. One, the chemistry and automation products of both companies are quite complementary. Two, in a steadily-consolidating in vitro diagnostics (IVD) industry, Beckman’s acquisition of the Olympus diagnostics unit was an important strategic response. […]
Olympus Diagnostics Unit Sold to Beckman Coulter
More consolidation among IVD companies as Beckman boosts its presence in chemistry
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume XVI No. 4 - March 16, 2009 Issue
- Tags: cap, clinical lab, clinical laboratories, Clinical Laboratory, clinical laboratory market, hospital laboratories, in vitro diagnostic, in vitro diagnostics, ivd industry, ivd manufacturer, lab administrator, laboratories, laboratory test, laboratory testing, pathologists, the clinical laboratory, total laboratory automation
