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For Immediate Release
Date: June 6, 2007
Contact: Carlene Simmons, Marketing Communications Manager
Phone: 800.871.8909 ext. 109

TREK Diagnostic Systems Introduces Vizion™ System at the ASM 107th General Meeting

Cleveland, Ohio — June 6, 2007 – TREK Diagnostic Systems presented a number of innovative products, including the new Vizion System, as well as the VersaTREK® Automated Microbial Detection System and Sensititre® ARIS® 2X System at the 107th American Society for Microbiology (ASM) General Meeting in Toronto, Canada, May 22-24, 2007.

As the world’s oldest and largest single life science membership organization, TREK chose ASM’s General Meeting to introduce its new digital imaging device for susceptibility testing, the Vizion System. The Vizion features cost-effective, true MIC automation with LIS connectivity, allowing users to consolidate all off line susceptibility testing on a single, user-friendly instrument. The Vizion allows real-time interpretation to provide immediate feedback and expedite decision-making, and unique lighting options enable users to easily read difficult organisms on all Sensititre MIC plates. In addition, the Vizion System links to the powerful SWIN software system, and even enables you to store images for later review!

According to TREK’s Global Director of Marketing, Jenny Lorbach, “The Vizion System shows our continuous commitment to bringing new, high quality, easy to use microbiology products to the diagnostic community. The Vizion System compliments our susceptibility products, and will allow more laboratories to easily test and report MIC results that other primary automated systems cannot test. There are no other systems like the Vizion for 96 well microtitre susceptibility plates available on the market today. Vizion represents true innovation, and has generated positive feedback in the industry.”

TREK’s launch of the Vizion System was met with considerable interest and enthusiasm from the wide range of clinical microbiology attendees. Product demonstrations were available, as well as the popular “Vizion” flashlight giveaways. Overall, microbiologists were eager to learn how the Vizion could consolidate their off line susceptibility testing, as well as save their laboratories valuable time and money. With a number of exciting features and capabilities, the Vizion was certainly one of the product highlights of this year’s ASM General Meeting.

Founded in January 1999, TREK Diagnostic Systems, a Magellan Biosciences company, is a global manufacturer and distributor of automated systems and consumable products for the microbiology diagnostic laboratory. Signature product lines include VersaTREK®, Sensititre®, alamarBlue®, para-JEM®, YeastOne®, onSite®, and TREK Lab Services. TREK is committed to delivering the highest quality products and services to clinical, pharmaceutical, and veterinary diagnostic laboratories worldwide.

For more information, contact Carlene Simmons at 1.800.871.8909 ext. 109 or via e-mail at csimmons@trekds.com.