EXHIBIT 21

DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
EXHIBIT 21
SUBSIDIARIES

Name	Place of Incorporation	% Ownership
DPC Cirrus Inc.	USA/Delaware		100	%
EURO/DPC Limited	United Kingdom		100	%
Diagnostic Products International, Inc.	Barbados		100	%
DPC Holding GmbH	Germany		100	%
DPC Biermann GmbH	Germany		100	%
DPC Czech s.r.o	Czech Republic		100	%
DPC d.o.o. Zagreb	Croatia		50	%
DPC Polska sp.z.o.o	Poland		100	%
Diagnostic Products Corporation Benelux B.V	Netherlands		100	%
Diagnostic Products Corporation Nederland B.V	Netherlands		100	%
Diagnostic Products Corporation Belgium b.v.b.A. /s.p.r.l	Belgium		100	%
Diagnostic Products Corporation DPC Finland Oy	Finland		100	%
Bio-Mediq DPC Pty. Ltd.	Australia		100	%
DPC Dipesa, S.A.	Spain		100	%
DPC France, SAS	France		100	%
Tianjin De Pu (DPC)
Biotechnological and Medical Products, Inc.	China		100	%
Diagnostic Products DPC Norway, AS	Norway		100	%
DPC Medlab Produtos Medico Hospitalares Ltda.	Brazil		56	%
DPC Venezuela C.A	Venezuela		56	%
DPC Medlab de Uruguay S.A.	Uruguay		56	%
DPC Medlab Centroamerica S.A.	Costa Rica		56	%
Nippon DPC Corporation	USA/California		50	%
DPC Skafte AB	Sweden		100	%
DPC Scandinavia	Sweden		100	%
D.P.C.-N. Tsakiris S.A.	Greece		50	%
Medical Systems, S.p.A	Italy		45	%
Amerlab, Lda	Portugal		45	%

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