In 2015 the Zika virus was wreaking havoc in Brazil and the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency. In Hamburg-Altona, reliable test methods were being developed for the virus at that time \u2013 and they were successful. In 2016, altona Diagnostics GmbH introduced the world\u2019s first CE-IVD-certified real-time PCR test for the Zika virus onto the market.<\/p>\n
The diagnostics company develops and produces in-vitro diagnostic tests for detecting human pathogens like viruses, bacteria or parasites on the basis of DNA. Its competence in tropical medicine \u2013 and hence the Zika test solution \u2013 did not come from nowhere. That\u2019s because Dr Ulrich Spengler \u2013 CEO of altona Diagnostics GmbH \u2013 and his partners have extensive experience in molecular diagnostics, especially in infectious diseases, due to their work at the Bernhard-Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg. A perfect symbiosis, since a part of the product portfolio of diagnostic test systems for tropical and novel infectious diseases, developed by altona, was examined for suitability in collaboration with the Bernhard-Nocht Institute.
\n\u201cMolecular diagnostic tests from altona Diagnostics are based on real-time PCR technology and are offered as kits ready for use,\u201d explains Narin Natschke, head of Logistics. \u201cWe have meanwhile over 50 kits with CE labelling that run on various real-time PCR devices,\u201d the distribution expert adds. In addition, altona Diagnostics offers a complete automated workflow solution \u2013 from the device platform through nucleic acid extraction chemistry to special software.<\/p>\n
Founded over 20 years ago, the Hamburg-based company now employs more than 300 members of staff worldwide. altona Diagnostics sells its registered products to private and clinical laboratories around the globe through its branches and over 40 distribution partners. Especially here, the safety and quality of the products are the top priority. The secure distribution of the products to the customer is particularly key. The medicinal diagnostics company has also been placing its trust in packaging solutions by ECOCOOL for many years. \u201cWe use shipping boxes with the inlay plus system which the Bremerhaven company has specially designed and produces for our requirements,\u201d explains Natschke. \u201cFor us, our customers are not merely \u2018numbers\u2019 on a spreadsheet; we maintain contacts and are always easy for them to reach.\u201d Natschke also expects this from his partners in turn. \u201cThat is precisely our maxim,\u201d says Dr Florian Siedenburg. He is pleased that altona Diagnostics also particularly values the personal service that is paramount at ECOCOOL in distribution processes and quality assurance. Narin Natschke continues: \u201cThis is how we imagine ideal collaboration \u2013 reliable, innovative, solution-oriented and, above all, flexible.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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