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WHAT IS THE ADVANCED LATERAL FLOW COURSE?

This three-day lateral flow seminar is aimed at developers and manufacturers of rapid diagnostic tests and their associated products. During this seminar, some of the most experienced professionals in the diagnostics industry will guide you through the steps of producing and commercializing a point of care diagnostic device.

Together, we will address a variety of questions including:

• What is the current state of the art in lateral flow immunoassays?
• Where do these rapid diagnostic tests fit in various application areas?
• What are lateral flow tests really capable of?
• What does the future look like for this point of care technology?

On the final day of the ALFC, you will leave with a better understanding of how to create practical solutions for complex problems.

2019 SPONSORS


GE Healthcare
We help researchers, the pharmaceutical industry and other precision health innovators accelerate how therapies and diagnostics are invented, made and used. Our products enable biological analysis, research, development and the manufacture of advanced therapies and vaccines. We also produce pharmaceutical diagnostics consumables used in medical imaging.

BioDot
BioDot is the leading supplier of systems for the research, development and manufacturing of lateral flow tests. For over 25 years our mission has been to provide high quality dispensing, laminating, and cutting equipment combined with superior service. BioDot is a global company with more than 5,000 instruments installed worldwide. Our long-lasting relationships with customers are built on precision products and quality service around the world.

Kinematic Automation
Kinematic is a global supplier of state-of-the-art manufacturing systems for lateral flow assays. Established in 1980 Kinematic brings nearly 40 years of experience, 35 of which is specific to test strip development and manufacture. Billions of test strips of various types are produced on Kinematic equipment annually.

nanoComposix
nanoComposix is a full service lateral flow development company specializing in the design & manufacture of ultra-sensitive quantitative diagnostic assays. Our precisely engineered colloidal gold products offer improved assay sensitivity and reliability. Easy to use covalent binding chemistry offers a simple and effective solution for improving conjugate stability and for minimizing antibody loading.



Anteo Technologies
Anteo Technologies Pty Ltd is an Australian nanotechnology company, developing and commercialising functional surface-nanocoating products and services for life sciences, in-vitro diagnostics and industrial applications. Anteo has created a novel metal ion complex based platform that works to effectively improve a broad range of synthetic materials for rapid point-of-care, electrochemical biosensors and multiplex systems. We serve and collaborate with a broad range of customers globally in nanoparticle conjugation and lateral flow assay development.

Absolute Antibody
Absolute Antibody specializes in antibody sequencing, engineering and recombinant manufacture. In addition to our custom services, our ever-growing catalog offers recombinant monoclonal antibodies and fusion proteins in an unrivaled range of formats. Our recombinant antibody technology can bring you the quality, reproducibility, and flexibility that your diagnostic assay deserves.



IVD Vision
IVD Vision is a product development company specializing in instrumentation for the medical device industry. We have developed a number of instruments for the diagnostics industry and have experience working with very compact instrumentation for point of care. Our instrument expertise consists of thermal systems, electro-mechanical systems, optics, micro controllers, wireless systems, software and firmware. We bring together the whole design utilizing our long experience with assay development, fluidic systems, and mechanical design.



Expedeon Ltd
Expedeon develops and commercializes value-added, easy-to-use, reliable products for genomics and proteomics research for use across sample preparation, purification, characterization, conjugation and validation. The company’s cutting edge offering includes off-the-shelf products and custom services, supporting scientists from academia through to commercial manufacturing.



EastCoast Bio
Since 1995, EastCoast Bio has been a manufacturer and supplier of high quality Antigens, Antibodies, our exclusive SeaBlock, and specialized immunoassay reagents for the in vitro diagnostic (IVD) manufacturing industry worldwide. Large and small manufacturers all over the world use our raw materials to develop their own immunoassays. We continue to expand our product range of cardiac markers, drug of abuse (DOA) , hormones, infectious diseases, serum proteins, tumor markers and veterinary products. We offer matched pairs for Elisa and Lateral flow applications.



ViroStat
ViroStat is a primary manufacturer of antibodies for infectious disease. We have been in business since 1985 and supply antibodies to the diagnostic industry.



OPERON, S.A.
OPERON is a biotechnological company founded in 1973 with more than 45 year’s experience in the research, development and manufacturing of IVD products. We export to more that 50 countries all over the world. Our main product lines are:

• Immunochromatography: Rapid Tests
• Molecular Diagnostics: Opegen & OligoGen Products
• Raw Materials: Monoclonal Antibodies, Recombinant Antigens
• Customized Services

Web Industries
Web Industries specializes in high-tech commercialization solutions for medical devices and diagnostics. The company provides a full range of services necessary to bring new and existing products to market, combining expertise in biochemistry and flexible materials with meticulous process development to provide customers with customized manufacturing that is easily scalable to millions of devices. They offer automated reel-to-reel LFI strip production, device assembly, and packaging services at commercial-scale volumes (>10MM).



Arista Biologicals, Inc.
Arista Biologicals is a leading manufacturer and supplier of rapid diagnostic reagents, components and related equipment for membrane-based assays. Reagents include colloidal gold conjugates, antigens, and antibodies used for assays such as fertility, drugs of abuse and infectious diseases. Our services include technical assistance, custom conjugations, antibody purification and assay development.


IUL SA
IUL is a company devoted to image processing devices. With more than 30 years of experience we have recently launched the iPeak®, an easy to use, customizable lateral flow reader with a small footprint. It delivers fast and accurate results with High Sensitivity and an outstanding Dynamic Range for visual, qualitative and quantitative, immunochromatographic assays.



Sartorius Stedim Biotech
Sartorius Stedim Biotech is a leading international provider of integrated solutions for the biopharmaceutical industry. With our extensive portfolio of products, technologies and services, we cover wide areas of the biopharmaceutical process chain, ranging from fermentation, cell cultivation, filtration and purification to media storage and transportation.

Being the first industrial manufacturer of nitrocellulose membranes, Sartorius Stedim Biotech has developed an unmatched expertise in the production of various high quality nitrocellulose matrices.


HOSTS



DCN Dx
Contract development of rapid diagnostic tests is at the core of all that we do at DCN.  Our cross-functional team of scientists and engineers can develop and integrate all aspects of the assay system, including cassettes, sample handling devices, and reader systems. We will assist you in the development of your entire rapid diagnostic test from concept to commercialization.



QIAGEN Lake Constance
QIAGEN Lake Constance is a center of excellence for optical detection and point-of-need instrumentation. We focus on the development and production of portable instruments for point-of-need testing. Our easy to use original equipment manufacturer (OEM) products enable our customers to develop their final product, either a lateral flow technology or a nucleic acid-based / isothermal amplification assays device. These rapid test devices have countless different applications, from food and feed safety testing to veterinary analysis, and many more.