Ekf Diagnostics Share News (EKF)

EKF Diagnostics Acquires Separation Technology For USD4.0 Million

LONDON (Alliance News) - EKF Diagnostics Holdings PLC said Wednesday that it had acquired Florida-based Separation Technology Inc, which manufactures in vitro diagnostic devices, for USD4.0 million in cash. The purchase price will be satisfied out of current debt facilities, EKF said. It ex

EKF Diagnostics acquires diagnostics business

AIM-listed EKF Diagnostics Holdings, a point-of-care diagnostics business, has acquired Separation Technology, which manufactures in-vitro diagnostics (IVD) devices for the haematology testing market. The $4.0m (around £2.4m) cash consideration will be satisfied out of current debt facilities. The

EKF Diagnostics To Transfer Production Of Quo-Test, Quo-Lab

LONDON (Alliance News) - EKF Diagnostic Holdings PLC said Tuesday that it plans to transfer production of its Quo-Test and Quo-Lab analysers and reagents cartridges from its facilities in Hersham, near Walton-on-Thames, to its manufacturing site in Barleben, Germany. The biotechnology compa

EKF Diagnostics Confident For 2014 As It Swings To Profit

LONDON (Alliance News) - EKF Diagnostics Holdings PLC Wednesday expressed confidence for a better performance in 2014, as it swung to a pretax profit in 2013. The biotechnology company posted a pretax profit of GBP607,000, compared to a pretax loss of GBP196,000 in 2012, boosted by a rise i

EKF Diagnostics Holdings Registers Diabetes Monitoring Technology In Mexico

LONDON (Alliance News) - EKF Diagnostics Holdings PLC said Tuesday that it had registered its Quo-Lab HbA1c analyser, which is used to monitor diabetes, in Mexico. The analyser was launched in July 2012, and EKF says it has sold 1,700 units worldwide. This registration means that EKF diagno

STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-UK small caps close down 1.6 pct

The FTSE small cap index and junior-listed AIM shares close down 1.6 percent and 1.3 percent respectively, outperforming the mid-caps , down 1.1, but ahead of the blue chips, down 1.7 percent. EKF Diagnostics gains as much as 4.5 percent after the point-of-care diagnostics business says it

EKF Diagnostics Says 2013 Revenues, Profit Up In Line With Expectations

LONDON (Alliance News) - EKF Diagnostic Holdings PLC Monday said it will report higher revenues and operating earnings for 2013, in line with market expectations, after revenue growth accelerated in the second half of the year. In a trading update, the company said it will report revenues o

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: Royal Dutch Shell In Australian Asset Sell-Off

LONDON (Alliance News) - Royal Dutch Shell Monday said it will sell its interests in the Australian Wheatstone gas projects in a USD1.14 billion deal, just a trading day after Friday's profit warning that caused its shares to tumble.

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EKF Diagnostics Shares Jump On Positive Results For PointMan Technology

LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares in EKF Diagnostics Holdings PLC were trading up 12% Monday morning after it reported positive test results using its PointMan technology to analyse blood in cancer patients to identify gene mutations associated with a response to treatment. In a test in colla

EKF Diagnostics Progressing Well With Kidney POC Platform Development

EKF Diagnostics Launches Four New DNA Research Kits

EKF Diagnostics Revenues, Profits Boosted By Increased Sales

Monday broker round-up

AEC Education: WH Ireland places both its target price (prev.: 11p) and its recommendation under review. Aggreko: Citi reduces target price from 2100p to 2000p leaving its buy recommendation unaltered. Allergy Therapeutics: Panmure Gordon lowers target price from 18p to 16p, while keeping its buy

STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-UK small caps rise 0.3 percent at midday

UK small caps gain 0.3 percent in midday trade, underperforming the mid-caps and the blue chips, both up 0.5 percent. EKF Diagnostics rises 6.4 percent after saying revenues increased around 20 percent on the previous year. "While sales came in slightly lower than our expectations, op