Hologic Inc. (NSDQ:HOLX) is the first company to win European certification for a mammography system.
The European Reference Organization Council for Quality Assured Breast Screening and Diagnostic Services granted the Bedford, Mass.-based company’s Selenia tungsten tube-based digital mammography system a “Mammographic Type Test” certification.
The women’s health products maker said the nod from the European standards organization means its "systems have passed a rigorous series of physics and clinical tests demonstrating that the systems meet the image quality, radiation exposure, and stability standards" for mammography equipment.
Hologic posted a profit of $20.6 million, or 8 cents per diluted share, during the quarter ended March 27. The company lost more than $2.3 billion during the same period last year.