bioMérieux Industry | Press releases

bioMérieux launches TEMPO® AC, a new automated test for the rapid enumeration of total flora in food products

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0200

bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, launches TEMPO® AC, a new automated test which enumerates total flora in food products and environmental samples in 24 hours. With its fully-automated reading, this new TEMPO test will help agri-food laboratories to save time and release their product faster. TEMPO AC has already obtained the AOAC RI (Research Institute) validation.

bioMérieux Launches VIDAS® LPT, a Fast, Ground-breaking Listeria Detection Method

Tue, 6 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0100

bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, today launched a new, innovative food safety testing method, VIDAS® UP Listeria (LPT). This new solution utilizes recombinant bacteriophage (phage) proteins, which offer best-in-class specificity and sensitivity for the targeted and rapid detection of Listeria species in food and environmental samples. VIDAS LPT complements the company’s VIDAS® UP E. coli O157 (including H7) and VIDAS® UP Salmonella, all based on phage technology.

bioMérieux Industry Announces AOAC Approval for the VIDAS® Campylobacter (CAM) assay and Campy Food Agar Enumeration Method

Tue, 9 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0200

bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, today announced AOAC Research institute Performance Tested Method^SM (PTM) approvals for the automated VIDAS® Campylobacter (CAM) detection assay and the Campy Food Agar (CFA) enumeration and detection methods.

bioMérieux launches its VITEK® Mass Spectrometry Solution for Automated, Ultra Rapid Microorganism Identification for the Pharmaceutical Industry

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0200

Marcy l’Etoile, France – September 11, 2012 — bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, announced today the launch of the VITEK® MS automated identification system for the Pharmaceutical Industry. Using the MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry technology and a database developed by bioMérieux for bacterial and fungal identification, VITEK MS provides rapid, robust and accurate identifications. The 21CFR part 11 compliance of the VITEK MS offers the traceability needed by pharmaceutical laboratories.

VITEK® 2 Compact Gram Positive Card Gains International Approval for Food Safety Testing

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0200

bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, today announced that the VITEK^® 2 Compact now has AOAC^® OMA (Official Methods of Analysis^SM) approval for the GP card (used to identify Gram-Positive bacteria), continuing a legacy of OMA approval for the VITEK automated methods, like for the GN card (used to identify Gram-Negative bacteria) AOAC OMA approved last December. The VITEK^® 2 Compact is the only automated system to receive OMA approval for the identification of Listeria and Staphylococcus species.

bioMérieux VIDAS® Listeria monocytogenes Xpress Assay and VIDAS® UP Salmonella Kits Gain International Approvals

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200

bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, today announced it has received international recognition for two new solutions that will help protect consumers from food-borne illnesses.

bioMérieux Increases Pharmaceutical Culture Media Production Capacity and Launches Revolutionary LockSure® Plate Technology

Thu, 6 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200

bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics and leader in microbiological control, is expanding its culture media expertise center in Craponne (France) with a dedicated manufacturing unit for its biopharmaceutical customers. With more than 6 million euros invested and equipped with cutting-edge manufacturing technologies, the new, fully automated, unit has been built to support product demand and the global launch of the revolutionary LockSure® plate. Designed for environmental control in pharmaceutical clean rooms and isolators, this patented technology secures the lids on culture media to ensure optimal quality, from sampling to results.

bioMérieux Honored with 2011 IAFP Black Pearl Award for Excellence in Food Safety

Fri, 8 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0200

bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, today announced that it is honored to receive the 2011 Black Pearl Award given by the International Association of Food Protection (IAFP). With its most distinguished annual award, IAFP recognizes bioMérieux for superior excellence and commitment to food safety and food quality.

bioMérieux Launches Groundbreaking Salmonella Detection Technology to Improve Food Safety

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200

VIDAS® UP Recombinant Phage Technology Delivers Unprecedented Specificity and Sensitivity for Rapid and Reliable Testing
bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, today announced the launch of a new, innovative food safety testing method, VIDAS® UP Salmonella (SPT). This new food safety solution utilizes recombinant bacteriophage (phage) proteins, which offer best-in-class specificity and sensitivity for the targeted capture and detection of Salmonella bacteria in food and environmental samples. The technology complements the company’s VIDAS E. coli O157 (including H7) phage technology for the detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7.

bioMérieux Launches chromID™ Lmono, a Rapid All-in-One Solution for Listeria monocytogenes Testing

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200

bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, announces the launch of chromID™ Lmono, a new chromogenic medium that enables the rapid enumeration, detection and presumptive identification of Listeria monocytogenes in food products and production environment samples. Both protocols are certified according to EN ISO 16140.

bioMérieux Becomes the World Leader in Food Testing with AES Laboratoire Acquisition

Fri, 20 May 2011 00:00:00 +0200

bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, has signed an agreement to acquire AES Laboratoire, a leading French group, specialized in industrial microbiological control, for 183 million euros. This will be bioMérieux’s ninth acquisition in five years and its third in the area of industrial applications.

bioMérieux’s BioBall® Mixed Kits Provide Flexibility for the Pharmaceutical Industry

Tue, 7 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100

BioBall® is a small water soluble ball containing a precise number of micro-organisms delivering unprecedented accuracy for Quantitative Microbiological Quality Control. Over 25 individual BioBall strains are available with applications in the pharmaceutical, food and water testing industries. BioBall offers three different products for Pharmaceutical QC: BioBall SingleShot, BioBall MultiShot 550 and BioBall MultiShot 10E8

BTF, a bioMérieux Company, Leading Quantitative QC in Pharma with BioBall^TM Plant Isolate Service

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0100

bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics and leader in microbiological control for the biopharma and food industries, is pioneering a new service to provide pharmaceutical microbiology laboratories with their own isolates in a convenient, easy-to-use format.

bioMérieux Gains International Approval for its Automated “Next Day” Solution: VIDAS® Listeria Xpress

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0200

bioMérieux Gains International Approval for its Automated “Next Day” Solution: VIDAS® Listeria Xpress - AOAC Official Methods^SM approval adds new level of confidence for food safety testing

bioMérieux Introduces Revolutionary LockSure® Plate Technology

Tue, 7 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Marcy l’Etoile, France – September 7, 2010. bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics and leader in microbiological control, is pioneering the way in media development with the worldwide launch of its new LockSure® technology for secure environmental monitoring sampling.

Hyglos Honored with 2010 Food Safety Innovation Award for Technology Used in bioMérieux’s VIDAS^® UP E. coli O157 (including H7)

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, and Hyglos GmbH, the leader in applied phage protein technology, today announced that a team of scientists who developed a new diagnostic tool for food microbiologists is the recipient of the 2010 Food Safety Innovation Award given by the International Association of Food Protection (IAFP). Visit www.biomerieux-usa.com or www.biomerieux-usa.com/iafp2010

bioMérieux’s TEMPO® STA Assay Gains International Approvals for Food Safety Testing

Mon, 7 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

- AFNOR/ISO and AOAC Research Institute validate performance of automated food safety solution.
bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, is pleased to announce that TEMPO® STA, an automated quality indicator test for the fast enumeration of Staphylococcus aureus in food products, has been approved by both the AFNOR Validation according to the ISO 16140 norm, and the AOAC Research Institute. The rigors of these third party validations provide food professionals with added assurance for high performance testing standards.

bioMérieux Launches the First Ready-To-Use Enrichment Culture
Medium for the Simple Analysis of Campylobacter in Food Products

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, today announced the launch of its new, ready-to-use culture medium, CampyFood Broth (CFB) for the detection and enumeration of Campylobacter spp. This innovative broth will provide food processing companies with simple, complete and high quality solutions to help ensure the safety of their food products.

bioMérieux Launches a Simple and Rapid VIDAS® L. monocytogenes Testing Solution to Improve Food Safety

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

VIDAS® LMX, a New VIDAS Next Day test for food and environmental testing.
bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, is enhancing its VIDAS® line for food pathogen testing with the launch of one of the most rapid, automated, easy-to-use solutions for the screening of L. monocytogenes in food and environmental samples. This new test provides a simple sample preparation, with minimal manipulations, resulting in an optimized laboratory workflow. VIDAS® Listeria monocytogenes Xpress (VIDAS LMX), delivers results in as little as 28 hours, where traditional methods can take up to 3 days.

bioMérieux’s TEMPO® Gains Approval for Testing E. coli in Food Samples

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, is pleased to announce that TEMPO® EC, an automated quality indicator test for the fast enumeration of Escherichia coli in food products, has been granted Official Methods of Analysis (OMA) approval by AOAC INTERNATIONAL. This added level of certification assures TEMPO EC users that the test meets stringent AOAC standards for excellence in indicator testing.