Immucor, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLUD), a global leader in providing automated instrument-reagent systems to the blood transfusion industry, today announced that its fourth generation automated instrument, NEO™, has been cleared for marketing in the U.S. by the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"). NEO is a fully automated blood bank instrument designed to meet the needs of high volume laboratories.
"We believe there is a significant market opportunity for NEO and we are very excited about achieving 510(k) clearance from the FDA," stated Dr. Gioacchino De Chirico, Immucor's President and Chief Executive Officer. "NEO is the most recent example of Immucor's commitment to deliver products that improve patient safety and the practice of transfusion medicine."
Immucor's innovative automation strategy provides scalable solutions to meet the needs of all blood banks, regardless of size. Immucor has continually invested in automation since 1998, most recently with NEO. Immucor's fourth generation automated instrument, NEO is designed to increase productivity, performance and flexibility of high volume laboratories. NEO delivers the market's highest type-and-screen throughput and broadest test menu as well as new STAT priority functionality for improved workflow.
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