CONCORD, Calif., June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- BIOCARE MEDICAL LLC and VWR International, Inc. have entered a strategic alliance to support the sales and marketing of BIOCARE reagents and equipment in immunohistochemistry (IHC) clinical diagnostic and research markets. Under this agreement, BIOCARE benefits from the breadth and expertise of VWR sales representatives in the U.S. and significant presence in other countries to help identify qualified leads for BIOCARE’s Nemesis Automated Immunostainer and accompanying state-of-the-art IHC reagent line. BIOCARE will then take the lead and provide the necessary technical demonstration and training to produce high-quality IHC stains.
Roy Paxton Yih, CEO and Director of Sales and Marketing of BIOCARE MEDICAL, said, “We are excited about working closely with VWR. VWR will help us reach pharmaceutical, biotech, research institutes, universities and hospital chains better than ever before. BIOCARE is introducing an exciting line of research products with emphasis in neuroscience. One very novel product is our polymer detection system ‘Promark’ for use on animal tissues. The researcher will get distinctive and clean IHC stains with a simple reproducible protocol. The Promark series will be compatible with the 84-slide capacity Nemesis Automated Immunostainer.”
BIOCARE pioneered 4-step double-stain technology, utilizing mouse and rabbit antibodies with 2 distinct targets in a cocktail format as well as a detection cocktail of anti-mouse, anti-rabbit conjugated to polymer-Horseradish peroxidase and/or polymer-Alkaline phosphatase. This patent-pending product system takes a previously cumbersome, technically complicated process and makes it simple. The Double Vision line of products is accomplished manually on the bench or on the Nemesis Automated Immunostainer. BIOCARE MEDICAL will continue to develop novel double- and triple-stain combinations. These products will have research and clinical utility. Please visit http://www.biocare.net for a complete listing.
“We are pleased to add BIOCARE equipment and reagents to our portfolio of BioSciences Services to meet the specialized needs of our customers,” said Zishan Haroon, M.D., Ph.D., general manager and global vice president, VWR BioSciences. “VWR BioSciences offers contract-based research services together with high-end instruments to allow our customers to work more efficiently and with greater confidence in their drug discovery pursuits, in effect speeding up their research and development efforts.”
About Biocare
Biocare is a leading provider of reagents, test kits, automated equipment and special stains for the immunohistochemistry (IHC), research and other diagnostic markets. The company’s core strength is its unsurpassed team of experts in the IHC market. The company provides the most innovative IHC product line that solves staining issues and vastly improves the quality of IHC stains. In addition, BIOCARE provides a proprietary line of equipment to meet the customer’s needs for antigen retrieval and slide staining, including the company’s Nemesis line of autostainers. For further information, visit BIOCARE’s web site at http://www.biocare.net.
About VWR International, Inc.
VWR International is a leader in the global research laboratory industry with worldwide sales of $3.0 billion USD. VWR’s business is highly diversified across a spectrum of products and services, customer groups and geography. The company offers more than 1,200,000 products, from more than 2,500 manufacturers, to over 250,000 customers throughout North America and Europe. VWR’s primary customers work in the pharmaceutical, life science, chemical, technology, food processing and consumer product industries. Other important customers include universities and research institutes; governmental agencies; environmental-testing organizations; and primary and secondary schools. VWR International affiliates operate in 20 countries and employ approximately 6,100 people. The company’s mission is to deliver excellence in the distribution of scientific supplies. The VWR International Group is headquartered in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
For more information on VWR International, phone 1-800-932-5000, visit http://www.vwr.com, or write VWR International, Inc., 1310 Goshen Parkway, P.O. Box 2656, West Chester, PA 19380-0906.
Contacts: Biocare Medical LLC: Gene Castagnini 4040 Pike Lane Concord, CA 94520 925-603-8000 gene@biocare.net VWR International, Inc.: Robin Gervasoni 1310 Goshen Parkway West Chester, PA 19380 610-430-7258 robin_gervasoni@vwr.com
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Biocare Medical LLC
CONTACT: Gene Castagnini of Biocare Medical LLC, +1-925-603-8000,gene@biocare.net; or Robin Gervasoni of VWR International, Inc.,+1-610-430-7258, robin_gervasoni@vwr.com
