December 1 is World AIDS Day. With the AltoStar® HIV RT-PCR Kit 1.5, altona provides an CE-marked RT-PCR test to detect and quantify the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) specific RNA (groups M, N and O) in human EDTA plasma.

altona Diagnostics has been ranked among the Top 20 most innovative SMEs in Germany for the second year in a row.

It’s World Pneumonia Day. Pneumonia is one of the leading infectious causes of death of children. To detect causative pathogens of pneumonia in children, altona supplies labs with real-time PCR assays.

In the fall of 2024, altona Diagnostics celebrated the grand opening of the new extraction chemistry production site at altona campus Schnackenburgallee in Hamburg opposite the premises of altona Logistics.

altona Diagnostics invites you to the 26th Congress of the European Society for Clinical Virology (ESCV), taking place in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, from September 18-21, 2024. Meet us at our booth No. 2 and explore our broad portfolio of PCR assays for respiratory pathogens and viral load monitoring in transplant and immunocompromised patients.

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.