40 years of specialty diagnosticsto improve health.
In 2023 Tecan celebrated 40 years of innovation in vitro diagnostic testing for endocrinology, immunology and autoimmunity at IBL International. The company joined the Tecan group in 2014, and specializes in the development, manufacture and supply of enzyme-, radiolabel- and luminescence-based immunoassays, as well as LC-MS solutions. These products are designed and manufactured to the highest standards, providing diagnostics labs with reliable data and improved workflow efficiency to assess various health conditions from blood, urine, saliva and cerebrospinal fluid samples.
Rising to the top
It is often said that necessity is the mother of invention, a concept that certainly rings true here, as Dagmar Kasper, Managing Director at IBL International, explained: “Our rise to a global market leader in immunoassay diagnostics all began with a German endocrinologist’s need for specific radiolabel-based assays that were only available in the US at the time. Realizing that many other diagnostic labs across Germany had similar needs to support their patients, the decision was made to service this market niche by importing and developing specialty immunoassays for clinical research and diagnostics. Endocrinology still very much forms the core of the business 40 years on, and we have expanded our portfolio of ELISAs, RIAs, LIAs and LC-MS tests to improve human health and serve the changing needs of both the research and routine diagnostics markets globally.”
The perfect match
“As the company reach, team size and product range has grown, we are proud to say that we have not abandoned our heritage, values, team spirit and close working partnerships,” Dagmar continued. “We continue to rely heavily on the core principles that drove our early success – high quality solutions, technical expertise and dynamic customer service – and it was these shared principles that led to the company joining the Tecan group. The combination of Tecan’s automation expertise and leading position within the instrumentation market with IBL International’s comprehensive range of immunoassays for specialty diagnostics has paved the way for the supply of complete, automated solutions that improve lab processes by offering increased productivity and operation efficiency, and the highest levels of regulatory compliance.”
Staying agile
The introduction of the European Union’s In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR) presented a major compliance hurdle for all IVD manufacturers, but Tecan has met the challenge head-on to become one of the very first companies to achieve product certification under the new regulations. Dagmar added: “We have successfully navigated this rapidly evolving regulatory landscape with our change-agile mentality, relying on our extensive market experience to respond quickly and effectively to challenges that come our way. This empowers our customers with access to an uninterrupted supply of high quality and certified tests, helping to ensure reliable care for their patients. After all, that’s why we do what we do.”
Focused on the future
This agility extends to product development too, and Tecan is always looking to stay ahead of the curve by combining legacy technologies with new and innovative solutions. This is exemplified by its new ‘gold standard’ for automated workflow for LC-MS based diagnostics, combining the Steroid Panel LC-MS Kit and Resolvex® A200 Positive Pressure Workstation to automate the entire sample preparation process for easy identification of multiple clinically relevant steroids from human plasma and serum samples. “As we continue to expand our MS portfolio to better serve this rapidly evolving market, we are also looking forwards towards the next 40 years of innovation, with the goal of improving patient outcomes via the acceleration of discovery in medicine and life sciences,” Dagmar concluded.
Tecan provides you with a complete solution to ensure the IVDR readiness of your specialty diagnostics, covering areas such as autoimmunity, endocrinology and immunology.
Being your trusted partner for automation and reagents for more than 40 years, we have extensive expertise in IVDR and customer support, enabling your lab to increase productivity and deliver reliable and reproducible results, both today and tomorrow.