We’re pleased to introduce Ingunn Fredriksen, who joined our team in June 2025 as Sales Manager for the Nordic region. Since the 1990s, she has been active in the Norwegian and Nordic diagnostics market, working closely with clinical laboratories and healthcare professionals.

The AltoStar^® Treponema pallidum PCR Kit 1.5 RUO is available now. It is a reagent system, based on real-time PCR technology, for the qualitative detection of Treponema pallidum specific DNA. The kit is for research use only (RUO).

July 28 is World Hepatitis Day, one of WHO’s officially mandated global public health days. Every year over 1 million people are dying from a hepatitis related illness, although many of these deaths could be prevented by early detection and appropriate treatment. altona Diagnostics provides four different AltoStar^® ready-to-use test kits for the detection of acute and chronic viral hepatitis via real-time PCR technology. A fifth AltoStar kit, for the detection of Hepatitis D, is currently under development.

The FlexStar^® E. coli Pathotype 1 PCR Detection Mix 1.5 RUO is available now. It is a reagent system, based on real-time PCR technology for the qualitative detection and differentiation of DNA specific to virulence factors of enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) and enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC). The kit is for research use only (RUO).

The FlexStar^® Mp & Cp & Lp PCR Detection Mix 1.5 RUO is available now. It is a reagent system, based on real-time PCR technology for the qualitative detection and differentiation of Mycoplasma pneumoniae (Mp), Chlamydia pneumoniae (Cp) and Legionella pneumophila (Lp) specific DNA. The kit is for research use only (RUO).

altona Diagnostics is part of the Viromarkers project, a European research initiative dedicated to advancing virus-related biomarkers for the management of chronic infections.