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| 30th August 2009 | Important information regarding the detection of the H1N1 (Swine Flu) antigen by the Biotrin Respiratory Virus Panel IFA kit. |
| | In the Biotrin RVP kit (code V4RVP) it has been verified that the monoclonal antibodies directed against influenza A have positively detected the new strain of H1N1, most recently known as "swine flu". The new strain was shown to have been detected in both direct specimens and after amplification in culture. N...  |
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| 4th August 2009 | Speed-oligo® INFLUENZA A H1N1 test now available for sale in Ireland |
| | Biotrin launches a new diagnostic tool for the diagnosis of Influenza A H1N1 in the Irish market. This product is part of its distributed range of products from Vircell SL. The new Speed-oligo® Novel Influenza A H1N1 kit (ref. SP015) allows for the visual and direct analysis of a PCR, in just 5 minutes. The kit contains all reagents nece... |
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| 29th June 2009 | Biotrin Customer Care introduces Online Support form |
| | The Biotrin Customer Care Team, dedicated to responding to technical enquiries and observations, has been in place since 2007. To demonstrate our commitment to improving this service we have made the Customer Care Team more accessible through the introduction of an on-line enquiry form as well as introducing a dedicated Skype account. The Biotrin C... |
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| 1st March 2009 | Biotrin appoint new General Manager |
| | The Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Des O’Leary to the post of General Manager, Biotrin Ltd. The appointment is effective from today, March 01st 2009 and he will share his duties with Dr. Cormac Kilty until July 09, when Cormac will leave Biotrin. Des will report directly to the CEO Diasorin S.p.A
Des, who has been with Biotrin since 19... |
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| 9th July 2008 | Diasorin S.p.A, Italy purchase Biotrin Group Ltd |
| | Biotrin, Dublin, Ireland (9th July 2008) has today announced the purchase by DiaSorin S.p.A, Saluggia, Italy, of 100% of the shareholding of Biotrin Group Ltd, held by Dr Cormac Kilty, management and Enterprise Ireland, for a t... |
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| 9th July 2008 | Argutus Medical Limited - new spin out company of Biotrin's biomarker business |
| | Dublin, Ireland (9th July 2008) Dr Cormac Kilty, founder and CEO of Biotrin Group Limited is pleased to announce the successful spin-out of Biotrin’s biomarker of organ damage business into a new company,... |
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| 21st February 2008 | Epstein-Barr Virus – new Multi-test ELISA now available .....read more |
| | Biotrin are pleased to announce the launch of a new multi-test ELISA kit for the detection of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV). This new product, manufactured by Vircell, includes reagents for the simultaneous detection of VCA IgG, EBNA IgG and VCA IgM antibodies.
The kit features a microtitre plate coated with specific purified antigens for each protein and has colour coded wells to allow e... |
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| 30th January 2008 | Biotrin to distribute new POC product range in Ireland |
| | Dublin, Ireland 29thJanuary 2008 – Biotrin are pleased to announce an exclusive new distribution agreement to market and sell the Medix Biochemica product range in Ireland.
Medix Biochemica, specialise in the manufacture of Point of Care tests for several medical conditions which can be used in both the clinical laboratory and doctor’s office setting. T... |
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| 17th January 2008 | Parvovirus B19 (Fifth disease) storyline to feature in next episode of ER |
| | Parvovirus B19 (Fifth Disease) to feature in the next episode of ER click here to find out more ... |
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| 13th December 2007 | Improvement to Biotrin HHV 6 IgG EIA product |
| | As part of our continuous improvement service to our customers, we have made the following enhancements to the HHV 6 IgG Enzyme Immunoassay (EIA).
- Inclusion of LSC – Lot Specific Constant. This number will be a batch specific number and it will be clearly stated inside the kit box lid. We have added an LSC to this product to minimise any lot to lot variation of resu...
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| 29th November 2007 | RVP IFA product update: AD14 detected |
| | A re emergence of Adenovirus serotype 14 (Ad14) was recently reported in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Ad14 was first described in the 1950’s and it is a rarely reported but recently emerging serotype of adenovirus that can cause severe and sometimes fatal respiratory illness in patients of all ag... |
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| 29th November 2007 | Biotrin launches new molecular controls |
| | Biotrin has just added several new products to its range of Molecular controls which it launched earlier this year. The controls, manufactured by Vircell and distributed by Biotrin, are marketed and sold to all laboratories in Ireland who are currently testing samples by molecular techniques, such as PCR. The four new products added to t... |
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| 13th September 2007 | Launch of Biotrin RSV Solo |
| | Biotrin are pleased to announce the launch of Biotrin RSV Solo, a rapid RSV antigen detection assay for the accurate detection of RSV antigens in respiratory samples Product Codes: V10RSV ( 10 Device Pack)
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| 12th September 2007 | Parvovirus B19 IgG EIA Notice |
| | Changes have been made to the Instructions for use for the Parvovirus B19 IgG EIA kit. This only effects kit from lot 75KT020 onwards. These changes do not affect the assay procedure. Click here to download the changes ... |
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