Olympus Life Science Europa has signed an agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific for open-track automation for clinical laboratories.
The product offering will complement existing Olympus Lab Automation products, including the OLA2500 peri-analytical automation system.
The agreement between the companies will allow laboratory professionals to consolidate Olympus AU-series clinical chemistry and immunoassay analysers, including various third-party analysers.
The open-track-based system will offer medium to large-sized hospital and private laboratories flexibility and access to additional test capabilities.
It will also allow customers to consolidate and automate sample processing procedures, such as decapping, centrifugation, aliquoting, recapping and storage/retrieval, currently in development.
The agreement gives Olympus the right to distribute Thermo Fisher's TC Automation product line, a track-based laboratory automation product line, in Europe.
Olympus will handle sales and marketing and provide primary level service and support of the automation products.
By automating the main pre-analytical steps, TC Automation helps to manage current and future workloads.
It interfaces with Olympus systems and a range of third-party instruments.
