Awards & Honors

2008

  • 2008 Best of San Diego Award in the Doctors Equipment & Supplies category by the U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA)
  • 2008 Grand Prize Winner at San Diego Workplace Excellence Awards, recognized as one of San Diego’s best places to work
  • Forbes 200 Best Small Companies ranked #123
  • Deloitte & Touche LLP San Diego Technology Fast 50

2007

  • FORBES "America's 200 Best Small Companies" ranked #52
  • Deloitte & Touche LLP San Diego Technology Fast 50
  • WIRED 40 #35 for masters of innovation, technology, and global thinkers that dominate their industries and point the way to the future. 40 most wired companies in the world. 

2006

  • Business Ethics #97 of the top 100 Best Corporate Citizens in 2006. Celebrating companies that excel at serving a variety of stakeholders well. Please visit www.business-ethics.com.
  • Deloitte Technology "Fast 50 - San Diego" fourth time winner
  • WIRED 40 #33 for masters of innovation, technology, and strategic vision - 40 companies driving the global economy. Link to article
  • FORBES "America's 200 Best Small Companies" ranked #94
  • Adaptive Business Leaders 2006 Innovations in Healthcare - Innovative Medical Technology ABBY Award Winner
  • Business Week Hot Growth "100 Companies to Watch" ranked #67
  • Medical Product Outsourcing The Top 15 in-Virtro
2005
  • Awarded the 2004 National Medal of Technology Laureate by President George W. Bush in recognition of the Company's pioneering work in developing innovative nucleic acid tests to safeguard the nation's donated blood supply from viruses such as HIV-1 and the hepatitis C virus. For more information on the National Medal of Technology visit www.technology.gov/medal.
  • San Diego Business Journal and AARP California "The 2005 Best Companies to Work For."
  • Frost & Sullivan "Patient Value Enhancement of the Year" award for our PROCLEIX® HIV-1/HCV Assay
  • The Wired 40 #35 for Masters of Innovation, Technology, and Strategic Vision - 40 Companies Driving the Strategic Vision.
  • Deloitte Technology "Fast 50 - San Diego" third time winner
2004
  • FORBES "200 Best Small Companies" Ranked #3 for five year EPS growth and #60 overall.
  • The Wired 40 #33 for Masters of Innovation, Technology, and Strategic Vision – 40 Companies Driving the Global Economy.
  • Business Week "The 100 Best Small Companies HOT Growth Companies."
  • Wall Street Journal "Shareholder Scorecard – The Best Performers 1 Year."
  • UCSD Connect "Most Innovative New Product in Biotechnology R&D" award for our PROCLEIX HIV-1/HCV Assay.
  • Deloitte & Touche "Fast 50 – San Diego" second time winner.
2003
  • San Diego Union Tribune "Workplace Excellence Award Winner."
  • Deloitte & Touche "Fast 50 – San Diego."
  • United Way/Chad Campaign "Excellence in Giving" award.
  • Frost & Sullivan "Clinical Diagnostics Technology Innovation of the Year Award"
  • UCSD Connect "Most Innovative New Product (MIP) Award Finalist" for our PROCLEIX WNV Assay.
2002
  • United Way/Chad Campaign "Excellence in Giving" award.
  • Key to the City of Shanghai presented by Dr. Zhu, President of Shanghai Blood Center and Dr. Mei, Blood Management, Ministry of Health.
  • UCSD Connect "Most Innovative New Product Life Sciences"






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10210 Genetic Center Drive
San Diego, CA 92121
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