By Wendy Diller
Four years ago, Diagnostic Products Corp. was at a turning point. Founder Sigi Ziering, known for his Euro-centric perspective...
Diagnostic Products Corp.: Thriving, For Now
The popularity of DPC's random-access immunoassay system, the Immulite 2000, has helped the company become a significant player in the highly competitive automated immunoassay market. But DPC's benefited from some good luck--namely the misfortunes of top player Abbott Diagnostics and the slow efforts by other competitors to step into the gap left by Abbott. DPC's dilemma is whether it can maintain its narrow focus as Abbott re-emerges and other competitors get stronger.
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