BREA, California, Nov. 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Beckman
Coulter is committed to ensuring customers receive the highest
quality assays, on-time, to help healthcare and laboratory
professionals provide better patient care. To further these goals,
Beckman Coulter plans in the future to sell directly to its
customers a natriuretic peptide assay for its Access Family of
Immunoassay Systems. Currently, Beckman Coulter customers have
access to a BNP assay which, although developed and manufactured by
Beckman Coulter, is sold exclusively by Quidel and its designated
distributors. Quidel took over this commercial role as a result of
its recent transaction with Alere. Today, Beckman Coulter
requested that the San Diego
courts in California clarify and
enforce Beckman Coulter's rights to sell a natriuretic peptide
assay directly to its customers. While this legal matter is being
resolved, Beckman Coulter's manufacture and supply of the
TRIAGE® BNP assay to Quidel and Quidel's customer
relationships are expected to continue as usual, and customers can
therefore rely on continued and ongoing supply of high-quality BNP
for use on Beckman Coulter analyzers.
About Beckman Coulter
Beckman Coulter Diagnostics helps healthcare and laboratory
professionals provide better patient care by delivering the
accurate diagnostic information they need, when they need it. For
over 80 years, Beckman Coulter has been the partner of choice for
healthcare organizations. Our scalable instruments, comprehensive
diagnostic tests and business management services are trusted by
hospitals, laboratories and other critical care settings around the
world. We share in our customers' mission toward continuous
improvement and quality patient care because we believe when
efficiency and clinical outcomes are improved, patients benefit and
we can move healthcare forward for every person.
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