This year’s AACC & CLE, which took place July 27-30 in Atlanta, Georgia, featured 92 China-based companies, slightly down from last year's record turnout of 98 exhibitors. Over the years, China-based suppliers have diversified far beyond the early days of semi-automated systems, ELISA/MTP offerings, three-part differential hematology, and chemistry reagents. In Atlanta, China-based players showcased a range of clinical chemistry laboratory systems (CCLS), chemiluminescence immunoassay (CLIA), integrated chemistry/immunoassay work cells, and products related to hematology, coagulation, molecular testing, rapid testing, point-of-care (POC), flow cytometry, and urinalysis.
Despite offering expanded product portfolios and increased technology sophistication, China-based vendors still lag behind multinational companies when it comes to quality, service, distribution channels, commercial experience and internal R&D/discovery programs....