Sartorius, BD Diagnostics Announce Collaboration

Sartorius Stedim Biotech

and BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company)

today announced a collaboration to develop, manufacture and market various  ready-to-use, prefilled media products for microbiological applications in pharmaceutical, biotech and research laboratories. "Through our agreement with BD, we have created an excellent collaboration. BD is known worldwide for its expertise in manufacturing and filling of microbial media. BD's expertise combined with Sartorius Stedim Biotech's know-how in polymeric technologies and applications will help us further extend our expert capabilities in the field of microbiological monitoring," says Dominique Baly, member of the Sartorius Group Executive Committee. Based on its many years of expertise in the development of membranes, SSB offers high-quality, single-use filter products for concentration of microbial contaminants in the lab. As part of this strategic collaboration, BD will fill special SSB single-use products with BD culture media and supply these to SSB as prepackaged products.  In addition, the companies are exploring options of extending their existing business relationship by pursuing further innovative solutions in