bioMérieux S.A.

bioMérieux S.A. develops and markets in vitro diagnostic solutions for infectious diseases in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It offers CHROMID RANGE, a chromogen culture media; RAPIDEC CARBA NP biochemical test for the detection of carbapenemase producing bacteria; air, surface, and water monitoring systems; BACT/ALERT VIRTUO or 3D, a blood sample culture system; BIOFIRE, a multiplex polymerase chain reaction system; BIOFIRE SPOTFIRE Lowplex PCR point-of-care system; VITEK MS, a mass spectrometry system; VITEK 2, an automated identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing system; API RANGE standardized ID strips; VITEK REVEAL Rapid AST system; ETEST gradient method on culture media; BIOMERIEUX EPISEQ CS whole genome sequencing solution for epidemiologic monitoring; and VIDAS, a specific marker of severe bacterial infections/sepsis. It also develops Biomérieux vision suite, a software that provides information to support diagnosis and clinical decision making; culture media and associated instruments; ARGENE that provides PCR tests for diagnosing viral respiratory diseases; EMAG system and NUCLISENS extraction reagents for DNA and RNA extraction; GENE-UP and VERIFLOW for detection of microorganisms for the food industry; ETEST for manual measurement of minimum inhibitory concentration; API and RAPIDEC CARBA NP for identification of bacteria and manual antimicrobial susceptibility testing; BIOBALL for quantitative microbiological quality control; CHEMUNEX, a microbiology instrument; ENDONEXT for detection of endotoxins; TEMPO for fluorescence counting of bacteria; and Hybiome, a CLIA technology, as well as lab consultancy service and training modules. It has partnership with Boehringer Ingelheim and Evotec. bioMérieux S.A. was formerly known as B-D Mérieux. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Marcy-l'Étoile, France. bioMérieux S.A. is a subsidiary of Institut Mérieux SA.