MARCY L’ETOILE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: bioMérieux (Paris:BIM), a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market VIDAS® B.R.A.H.M.S PCT®. The test will be used with critically ill patients on their first day of admission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) as an aid to assess their risk for progression to severe sepsis and septic shock.