Beckman Coulter invests €10 million in Irish diagnostics facility
Leading diagnostics company Beckman Coulter has announced a substantial €10 million investment in its East Clare facility, reinforcing its commitment to innovation and growth in Ireland’s Mid-West region. The investment will significantly enhance the site’s diagnostics production capabilities, with the addition of two new fully automated reagent filling lines and infrastructure upgrades.




ZTA Biotech, a Budapest-based biotech startup has announced the breakthrough development of a COVID-19 antibody (IgG) test using the ELISA protocol. This new detection method represents a great step forward in determining if patients have had COVID-19 and if they might still have immunity to the disease. Early results have proven 100% in specificity after testing 280 samples, and 100% sensitivity by testing 260 samples of recovered and symptomatic patients.