Our Clinical History

bioMérieux has an entrepreneurial spirit and many products, services and solutions for in vitro diagnostics are developed in-house. However, we are constantly open to acquiring new companies with interesting portfolios to either complement our existing ranges or explore new avenues of interest for our customers.

		1963 Establishment of BD Mérieux
		1974 Alain Mérieux takes control of BD Mérieux, which becomes bioMérieux
		1986 Acquisition of Api Systems (La Balme, France), a specialist in bacterial identification systems
		1988 Acquisition of Vitek^® (McDonnel Douglas, USA)
		2001 Acquisition of OrganonTeknika (Akzo Nobel, Netherlands), a pioneering company working in HIV screening and viral load measurement
		2004 bioMérieux is listed on the stock exchange
		2006 Acquisition of Bacterial Barcodes (USA)
		2007 Acquisition of Biomedics (Spain), a specialist in culture media Acquisition of BTF (Australia), a specialist in industrial microbiology
		2008 - Joint venture with Sysmex, the Japanese market leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics - Joint venture with Shanghai Kehua - Bio-engineering (China) for the production of microplate immunoassays - Acquisition of AB BIODISK (Sweden) - Acquisition of AviaraDx (USA), now bioTheranostics, a specialist in the molecular diagnosis of tumorous tissues - Acquisition of PML Microbiologicals (USA), a company devoted to the development and production of culture media
		2010 Acquisition of Meikang Biotech (China), a manufacturer of rapid tests Acquisition of Shanghai Zenka Biotechnology (China), a specialist in culture media
		2011 Acquisition of AES Laboratoire (France), an industrial microbiology company Acquisition of ARGENE^® (France), a specialist in molecular biology
		2012 Acquisition of RAS (India), a specialist in molecular biology
Show in media library:		2014 Acquisition of BIOFIRE^® Diagnostics Inc., a privately held US-based company specialized in molecular biology BioFire Diagnostics Inc., a privately held U.S.-based company specialized in molecular biology - See more at: http://www.biomerieux.com/en/biomerieux-finalizes-acquisition-us-company... BioFire Diagnostics Inc., a privately held U.S.-based company specialized in molecular biology - See more at: http://www.biomerieux.com/en/biomerieux-finalizes-acquisition-us-company...
		2016 Acquisition of Applied Maths, a Belgian specialist in software solutions to manage complex biological data
		2018 Acquisition of Astute Medical Inc., a US company dedicated to the diagnosis of high-risk acute medical conditions