BioMedica Diagnostics and CEO, Dr. Abbey Kirumira, have been profiled in a television spot by Nova Scotia - Come to life.
Here is what they had to say about us:
BioMedica Diagnostics Inc. Reaching New Markets
May 3, 2010
A Windsor-based company founded by a Uganda-born scientist is planning to market its innovative technology to new markets.
Award winning Doctor Abdullah Kirumira founded BioMedica Diagnostics Inc. in 1999 as a research and development company. As a biochemistry professor at Acadia University, Dr. Kirumira found a need for diagnostic tools in places that do not have easy access to medical facilities. Dr. Kirumira realized that the unavailability of crucial medical equipment was causing unnecessary suffering. More than 15 different portable diagnostic systems have been developed to date for clinical use. In 2007, he was awarded a Bioscience Innovation Award from The Economist magazine for his 1993 invention of a rapid HIV test that is sold internationally, and the Technology Pioneer award from the World Economic Forum in early 2009.
The company’s flagship product, QuikCoag - a cost-effective blood coagulation reagent - is exported to over 30 countries around the world for monitoring the growing prevalence of heart disease.
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