Bio-Rad Provides Immunohematology Platforms to South African National Blood Service

Date: 
2022-10-07

HERCULES, Calif. – Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global leader in life science research and clinical diagnostic products, and the South African National Blood Service (SANBS), a leading provider of blood transfusion services in eight out of nine provinces in South Africa, today announced that they have substantially completed the rollout of Bio-Rad’s IH-500 immunohematology systems across the SANBS network of transfusion medicine laboratories, as part of an exclusive agreement finalized in early 2022.

The IH-500 is a fully automated random-access platform for blood typing and screening, providing transfusion medicine labs with fast and reliable results in a 24/7 environment. In partnership with SANBS, Bio-Rad has to date successfully installed its IH-500 systems across the SANBS network of eighty-six labs and blood banks enabling high-quality and consistent lab testing across the provinces that rely on SANBS to provide blood products and services to South Africa’s citizens.

"The SANBS implementation was a complex project united by a shared purpose,” said Dara Wright, EVP, and President of Bio-Rad’s Clinical Diagnostics Group. “The Bio-Rad and SANBS partnership brings together a prominent provider of blood transfusion medicine with a leading provider of immunohematology products backed by a mission to deliver high-quality transfusion services to patients across South Africa."

"We are delighted to partner with Bio-Rad and utilize its leading immunohematology platforms for compatibility testing”, said Marion Vermeulen, Executive Director of Transfusion Medicine, and Technical Services at SANBS. “We pride ourselves on being trusted to help save lives and now that we have Bio-Rad’s instruments, technical support, and scientific expertise on board, we are confident we can deliver on our mission to provide patients across South Africa with safe, high-quality blood transfusion products and medical services."

BIO-RAD and IH-500 are trademarks of Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. in certain jurisdictions.

About Bio-Rad
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb) is a global leader in developing, manufacturing, and marketing a broad range of innovative products for the life science research and clinical diagnostic markets. With 70 years of focus on quality and customer service, our products advance the scientific discovery process and improve healthcare. Our customers are universities, research institutions, hospitals, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, as well as public health and commercial laboratories including food safety and environmental quality testing facilities. Based in Hercules, California, Bio-Rad has a global network of operations with approximately 7,900 employees worldwide and $2.9 billion in revenues in 2021. For more information, please visit sanbs.org.za.

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Media Contacts:
Anna Gralinska Schram
Corporate Communications
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
510-741-6643
cc@bio-rad.com

Khensani Mahlangu, Communication Officer
South African National Blood Service
+27 (0) 82 419 0431
sanbs.org.za