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Could First-Mover Advantage Make Curetis Ripe For The Picking By Dx Players?

 
• By Tina Tan

German molecular diagnostics company Curetis may have missed its original forecast for a 2017 US launch of its flagship Unyvero infectious disease test platform, but CEO Oliver Schacht is confident that the all-clear from FDA is very close. When this crucial milestone is achieved, the firm will be the first in the US with a molecular diagnostic for lower respiratory tract infections. And the approval could increase Curetis' appeal as an acquisition target for larger diagnostics players.

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With US approval of Unyvero imminent, is German molecular diagnostics firm Curetis ripe for M&A?

Being a trailblazer is not always easy. While there are obvious advantages to being the first to market, getting there is often a bumpy road, and the time to destination can be longer than anticipated, as has been the case for German molecular diagnostics company Curetis NV.

The Holzgerlingen-headquartered firm's flagship product is Unyvero, a user-friendly, multiplex molecular diagnostic platform that can simultaneously detect multiple biomarkers of infectious disease and antibiotic resistance, with a sample-to-result turnaround time of a few hours, rather than days, as required by traditional culture tests. The firm began European commercialization in 2015 of the first two tests that run on the Unyvero platform – one for pneumonia and the other for implant and tissue infection

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