BioMérieux Acquires PCR Food-Testing Company

CEERAM offers RT-PCR kits for health, food and environmental applications, including kits based on its multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis for genotyping.

La Chapelle-sur-Erdre, France 1/22/15—BioMérieux has acquired CEERAM (the European Centre for Expertise and Research on Microbial Agencies), a molecular-virology lab specializing in the detection of foodborne and environmental viruses. CEERAM offers services as well as molecular virus-detection kits. BioMérieux stated that the acquisition expands its food-testing portfolio, which includes the easyMAG and miniMAG DNA and RNA extraction platforms.

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