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Ohio University spinoff Diagnostic Hybrids Inc. has received Chinese regulatory approval to sell a respiratory virus testing kit.
The company’s D3 Ultra DFA Respiratory Virus Screening and ID Kit screens and identifies the following viruses: Influenza A, Influenza B, Parainfluenza 1, 2, & 3, Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Adenovirus.
By Mary Vanac
ATHENS, Ohio — San Diego diagnostic test maker Quidel Corp. (NSDQ:QDEL) closed its acquisition of Diagnostic Hybrids Inc. for about $130 million in cash.
By Mary Vanac
ATHENS, Ohio — Quidel Corp., the San Diego, Calif.-based company that makes point-of-care diagnostic tests, agreed to acquire Diagnostic Hybrids Inc. of Athens, Ohio, for $130 million in cash.
Started in 1983 by a group of Ohio University professors, Diagnostic Hybrids was spun out of the university to commercialize its sophisticated diagnostic tests used mostly by hospital and reference laboratories.
