altona Diagnostics GmbH

General information

altona Diagnostics GmbH
Mörkenstr. 12
22767 Hamburg, Hamburg
Germany

Contact person: Meike Thiel, Head of Corporate Communications & Technical Writi
Company main phone: +49 (40) 54806760
Company main fax: +49 (40) 548067610
Website: https://www.altona-diagnostics.com

Year founded:	2007
Source of foundation:	Independent foundation
No. of employees:	Worldwide: 350

Corporate description / mission:
altona Diagnostics is a medical diagnostic company that develops and manufactures in vitro diagnostic tests for the PCR-based detection of pathogens. Molecular diagnostic tests from altona Diagnostics are based on real-time PCR technology and are ready-to-use kits. In addition, altona Diagnostics offers an automated workflow solution, with instrumentation, nucleic acid extraction chemistry and a software.
altona Diagnostics sells its registered products to private and clinical laboratories globally.

State of ownership: Private / independent
Headquarters: HQ: Yes

Remarks on ownership / listings
Originally founded as astra Diagnostics

Categorization

Sector:

Biotechnology - R&D Services

Subsector:

Diagnostic instrumentation

Primary therapeutic areas:

Infectious and parasitic diseases / infectiology / parasitology

Business model:

Manufacturer
R&D
Supplier / Distributor

Customer segments:

Hospitals
Large biotech & big pharma
Small biotech

Distribution:

Direct (own sales force)
Indirect (independent dealer)

Summary Products / Services / Technologies

Description of products:
ExtraStar® Purification Kit provides extraction of DNA and RNA from various sample materials.

The RealStar® PCR Kits are designed to amplify and detect pathogen specific DNA or RNA by real-time PCR.

AltoStar® purification kits and reagents.

FlexStar® reagents