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Chinmax Medical Products Inc.
Inverness in spat with Chinese distributor
Inverness Medical Innovations Inc. (NYSE:IMA) and a Chinese medical products distributor, Chinmax Medical Products Inc., are embroiled in a dispute over the rights to sell Inverness subsidiary Biosite’s Triage line of diagnostic products in the People’s Republic.
Shanghai-based Chinmax claims to hold the exclusive right to distribute the Triage brand in China and filed suit in March against Inverness Medical Beijing Co. Ltd. and another distributor, Shanghai Tongwei Medical Device Co. Ltd., accusing them of infringing that right, according to a press release.