The new factory will be the company’s first in vitro diagnostic reagent plant in the Asia Pacific region, producing clinical chemistry and immunoassay reagents.
Since purchasing the bioscience unit of Sequenom four years ago, Agena has followed global growth by pushing into more clinical labs in China, as well as Europe.
The change will be felt most immediately in Europe, where the Dutch molecular diagnostics company recently secured a CE-IVD mark for its MammaPrint BluePrint kit.
