Analyst & Investor Teach-In

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EKF Diagnostics Holdings PLC

26 June 2013

 



EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc

("EKF" or "the Company")

Analyst & Investor Teach-In

EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc (AIM: EKF), the AIM listed point-of-care diagnostics business, held a teach-in yesterday afternoon on EKF Molecular Diagnostics for analysts and investors.

The presentation given is available on EKF's corporate website: www.ekfdiagnostics.com 

No new material information was disclosed.

Enquiries:

EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc	Tel: [phone]
David Evans, Executive Chairman	Mob: [phone]
Julian Baines, CEO	Mob: [phone]
Canaccord Genuity Limited
Lucy Tilley / Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor / Julian Feneley		Tel: [phone]
Walbrook PR Limited	Tel: [phone]
Paul McManus	Mob: [phone] or [e-mail]
Paul Cornelius	Mob: [phone] or [e-mail]

About EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc

EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc was formed in July 2010 following the acquisition of EKF-diagnostic GmbH for €14.32m and refocused its strategy to one of building a substantial point of care diagnostics business. As part of this strategy, the Group has integrated three further acquisitions, Quotient Diagnostics Limited (acquired in October 2010 for a maximum of £5.41m), Argutus Medical Limited (acquired in December 2010 for £2.18m) and Stanbio Laboratory L.P. (acquired in June 2011 for a maximum of US$25.5m).

The Company, with its head office in Cardiff and operations in London, Germany, Poland, Russia, Ireland and the US, is a leading diagnostics business, focused on the development, production and distribution of chemical reagents and analysers for the testing of Glucose, Lactate, Haemoglobin, Haematocrit and HbA1c.

In May 2011 EKF entered into a distribution agreement with Alere Inc ("Alere"), a global diagnostics company, under which Alere was appointed the exclusive distributor of EKF's CLIA waived Hemo Control device and cuvettes in the US, Canada and United Kingdom. The device is distributed in the US under the name HemoPoint H2. 

On the 4 March 2013, EKF announced the establishment of EKF Molecular Diagnostics Ltd to offer innovative products with the potential to change current DNA extraction and detection practices, enabling EKF to address the fast growing companion diagnostics market.

For more information please visit the website: www.ekfdiagnostics.com

 

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