Transatlantic Partners to Collaborate on Ready-to-Use Products for Microbiological Diagnostics

A recently announced transatlantic partnership is dedicated to developing, manufacturing, and marketing ready-to-use media products for microbiological diagnostics and research applications.

The French/German company Sartorius Stedim Biotech (Aubagne, France) - a leading provider of equipment and services for development, quality assurance, and production in the biopharmaceutical industry - and BD Diagnostics (Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA), a leading global medical technology company, recently announced the formation of a collaborative effort to develop, manufacture, and market various ready-to-use, prefilled media products for detection and diagnosis of microorganisms in clinical and research laboratories.

Sartorius Stedim Biotech manufactures high quality, single-use filter products for concentration of microbial contaminants, and as part of this partnership agreement, BD Diagnostics will fill special Sartorius single-use products with BD's culture media and supply these back to Sartorius as prepackaged products.

In addition, the companies will be exploring options for extending their existing business relationship by pursuing further innovative solutions in the field of microbiological diagnostics.

“Through our agreement with BD, we have created an excellent collaboration. BD is known worldwide for its expertise in manufacturing and filling of microbial media. BD’s expertise combined with Sartorius Stedim Biotech’s know-how in polymeric technologies and applications will help us further extend our expert capabilities in the field of microbiological monitoring,” said Dominique Baly, member of the Sartorius group executive committee.

“The products we plan to develop under our agreement with Sartorius Stedim Biotech will enhance laboratory efficiencies for our pharmaceutical, biotech, and research customers with these unique product offerings,” said Bob Ferguson, vice president and general manager of BD Diagnostics. “By combining Sartorius Stedim Biotech’s bioprocessing and filtration expertise with BD’s microbiological media capabilities, customers will benefit from improved lab productivity and standardization of sample processing.”

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