BD and Sartorius agree microbiological diagnostics alliance

BD has announced a new collaboration with Sartorius Stedim Biotech in the field of microbiological diagnostics.

The companies will be working together to develop, manufacture and market various new ready-to-use prefilled media products for microbiological applications in pharmaceutical, biotech and research laboratories.

Combining BD's expertise in manufacturing and filling of microbial media and Sartorius' understanding of polymeric technologies and applications will lead to the creation of superior solutions for microbiological monitoring.

As part of this strategic collaboration, BD will fill special Sartorius single-use products with BD culture media for sale as prepackaged products, while the companies are also looking to pursue further collaborative endeavours in this field.

Bob Ferguson, vice-president and general manager for diagnostic systems at BD's industrial microbiology business, said: "By combining Sartorius Stedim Biotech's bioprocessing and filtration expertise with BD's microbiological media capabilities, customers will benefit from improved lab productivity and standardisation of sample processing."

This comes after BD and the World Health Organization recently announced they will be allying to broaden global access to the Odon Device, which is designed to gently deliver newborns through the birth canal during complicated second-stage labour.