Alere competitors, on the record

Who Alere names

In its own words

1. Abaxis Medical Diagnostics, Polymer Technology Systems

   Word for word“Our Alere Cholestech LDX system also faces direct competition from Abaxis Medical Diagnostics, which markets its point-of-care blood laboratory systems to physician office laboratories, and from Polymer Technology Systems’ CardioChek test.” 10-K for 2016

2. Abbott, Danaher, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Roche, Siemens

   Word for word“Such systems are provided by Abbott, Danaher, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Roche, Siemens and other large diagnostic companies.” 10-K for 2016

3. Becton Dickinson

   Word for word“Some competitors in the market for professional rapid diagnostic products, such as Becton Dickinson, are large companies with substantial resources, while numerous smaller, yet aggressive companies also compete with us, particularly where barriers to entry are low.” 10-K for 2016

4. Bio-Rad Laboratories, Immuno Concepts

   Word for word“Our main competitors in IFA testing are Bio-Rad Laboratories, INOVA Diagnostics and Immuno Concepts.” 10-K for 2016

5. Biokit, Remel

   Word for word“Our main competitors in serology and microbiology testing include Remel and Biokit.” 10-K for 2016

6. Cepheid, Hologic

   Word for word“Our Alere i and Alere q point-of-care analyzers compete with larger, laboratory-based analyzers from companies including Abbott, Becton Dickinson, Cepheid (which was acquired by Danaher in November 2016), Hologic and Roche, which also offer molecular technologies for amplifying DNA and RNA.” 10-K for 2016

7. Diamedix, DiaSorin, INOVA Diagnostics

   Word for word“Other competitors, including INOVA Diagnostics, DiaSorin and Diamedix, are smaller companies that compete based on quality and service.” 10-K for 2016

8. mdINR

   Word for word“The primary competitors for our PT/INR patient self-testing business operated by Alere Home Monitoring are mdINR and Roche Diagnostics.” 10-K for 2016

9. Meridian Bioscience, Quidel

   Word for word“Our rapid lateral flow diagnostic tests targeted at infectious disease compete primarily with products offered by Becton Dickinson, Meridian Bioscience, and Quidel.” 10-K for 2016

10. Phamatech

    Word for word“Our First Check tests compete against over-the-counter diagnostic tests sold primarily by Phamatech, but also by other smaller competitors.” 10-K for 2016

Read from Alere’s annual reports (10-K for 2016, 10-K for 2015, 10-K for 2014) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2017-06-05. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.