Introduction


The best of in vitro diagnostic expertise and cooperation Brian Nation CSci FIBMS – Editor, Pathology in Practice


Welcome to the latest edition of The Biomedical Science Industry Handbook, which provides concise yet comprehensive information on the full range of products and services available across the in vitro diagnostics (IVD) industry spectrum, from point-of-care testing (POCT) to the very latest advances in molecular biology. The full range of services and


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technologies available to the medical laboratory was on show at the IBMS Biomedical Science Congress, held at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham, last September. In effect, the associated exhibition was a virtual metamorphosis of this compendium into three-dimensional space, providing visitors with the opportunity to interact with, and learn from, representative of the companies present. This revised handbook reflects the expertise available across the IVD industry, which, to paraphrase the author Charles Dickens, illustrates the best of times, an age of wisdom, and an epoch of belief. However, according to American author John Naisbitt, “The more high tech we have, the more high touch we will want”. This view is consistent


The IVD industry has been at the forefront of the drive to bring diagnostic testing to the patient to facilitate better care


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with the increasing move towards, and reliance on, POCT. In this respect, the IVD industry has been at the forefront of the drive to bring diagnostic testing to the patient in order to facilitate better, more


immediate care. Increasingly, there are those companies,


technologies and tests that are vital to the development of an expanding molecular biology service that supports genomic medicine and the move towards personalised medicine. Whether at the point of care or in the


traditional laboratory setting, pathology and the IVD industry continue to reap the rewards of a collaborative approach, as evidenced by the wide range of inclusions in this vital compendium of commercial expertise.


PATHOLOGY IN PRACTICE


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