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Competition
There are other competitors with licenses to manufacture blood banking reagents in the United States. The Company's principal U.S. competitors for blood bank reagents are Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, a Johnson & Johnson company, and Gamma Biologicals Inc. Additional European competitors for blood bank products include Biotest, a German company; and Diamed, a Swiss company. All of these companies have been established longer, some have larger market shares than the Company, and some have substantially greater financial and other resources than the Company. However, the Company believes that it is properly positioned to compete favorably in the business principally because of the quality and price of its products, the sale of innovative products such as the Company's Capture(registered trademark) products (see Products), continuing research efforts in the area of blood bank automation (see Products Under Development), the experience and expertise of its sales personnel (see Marketing and Distribution) and the expertise of its technical and customer support staff. |
