altona Diagnostics GmbH

General information

altona Diagnostics GmbH
Mörkenstr. 12
22767 Hamburg, Hamburg
Germany

Contact person: Wilhelm Dreyer, Head of Finance
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

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 such as viruses, bacteria or parasites. 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.

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

Remarks on ownership / listings
Originally founded as astra Diagnostics

Categorization

Sector:

Biotechnology - Therapeutics and Diagnostics

Subsector:

Molecular diagnostics

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