DiaSorin and Beckman Coulter Diagnostics announced that the companies have signed a distribution partnership agreement for the commercialization in China of DiaSorin Hepatitis B, C and HIV tests on the DiaSorin LIAISON XL LAS connected to Beckman Coulter’s leading automation solutions, the Power Express and Power Processor automated sample processing systems.

The partnership enables DiaSorin to pursue its strategy to target large hospitals in China, where there is a growing need to provide fully automated solutions able to run both clinical chemistry and immunoassays on the same platform, and facilitates Beckman Coulter to pursue its strategy to provide a broad menu through an integrated automation solution to its large volume customers in China.

By combining Beckman Coulter’s world-class diagnostic automation platforms with DiaSorin’s high-quality blood virus menu on the LIAISON XL LAS, Beckman Coulter’s automation customers are provided a more comprehensive, highly efficient, workflow solution for all patient sample management.