Cepheid - CPHD- Profile

Cepheid. The Group's principal activities are to develop, manufacture and market fully integrated systems for genetic analysis in the Clinical Molecular Diagnostic, Industrial and Biothreat markets. These systems helps in rapid, sophisticated genetic testing for organisms and genetic-based diseases by automating otherwise complex manual laboratory procedures. The Group's products include Smart Cycler (R), a DNA amplification and detection system and the GeneXpert(R) system, that combines sample preparation with the amplification and detection functions of the Smart Cycler. The Group markets its products in North America, Europe, Japan and other countries. In Aug-2006, it acquired Actigenics SA and Sangtec Molecular Diagnostics AB, on Feb-2007. Develops, manufactures and markets fully integrated systems that enable sophisticated genetic and DNA analysis