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. Headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, the company is ISO 13485 certified and has been in the molecular diagnostics business for over 25 years. altona Diagnostics is privately owned, employs more than 350 people worldwide, and sells its registered products to private and clinical laboratories globally through subsidiaries and over 40 distribution partners.
Molecular diagnostic tests from altona Diagnostics are based on real-time PCR technology and are packaged as ready-to-use kits. The company’s product catalog contains over 50 CE marked kits that are compatible with open real-time PCR platforms. In addition, altona offers an automated workflow solution that is complete with instrumentation, nucleic acid extraction chemistry and a dedicated software.