bioMérieux’s commitment in the fight against HIV Michel Bonnier VP Public Health
2 bioMérieux and Public Health bioMérieux: Serving the Global Community with Diagnostic Solutions
3 Who is bioMérieux? A century-long commitment to the fight against infectious diseases
4 bioMérieux at a glance Pure Player in the In Vitro diagnostics field Focused on infectious diseases Over 5,800 employees Present in over 150 countries 38 subsidiaries and more than 100 distributors 15 production sites & 11 R&D sites Particular emphasis in Africa, and a strengthened presence in Asia Complete coverage of Latin America and a historic base in Europe
5 A Public Health Department to serve the Global Community Facilitate access to diagnostics for limited resource countries by guiding the company to respond to public health programs Committed to making innovation in diagnostics accessible to all healthcare settings Committed to building partnerships with international organizations and foundations Focusing its efforts on HIV / AIDS & Tuberculosis
6 bioMérieux’s commitment to HIV bioMérieux’s commitment to HIV testing started 25 years ago A wide range of products for screening, preventing mother-to- child transmission and improving patient care Development of specific applications to address Public Health challenges: Protocol for viral load testing using the Dry Blood Spot
7 bioMérieux HIV Product portfolio Prevention & Diagnosis: Multiple solutions for HIV Testing - VIKIA HIV rapid test: for use by healthcare professionals - VIDAS / mini VIDAS “Load and Go” immunoanalyser for HIV routine and emergency testing - VIDIA: Primary tube immunoanalyser for HIV routine testing - Vironostika: Microtiter plate immunoanalyser for high-volume HIV screening
8 bioMérieux HIV Product portfolio Monitoring: Real Time HIV Viral Load Assay - Nucleic Acid extraction systems: NucliSENS miniMAG or NucliSENS easyMAG - and Molecular Analyser for real-time NASBA amplification and detection: NucliSENS EasyQ
bioMérieux: Serving the Global Community with Diagnostic Solutions