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Note 1 - Nature of Business
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Note 1 - Nature of Business:  
Note 1 - Nature of Business

NOTE 1 - NATURE OF BUSINESS

 

Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc. (the “Company”), a Delaware company, is a biotechnology company that develops, manufactures, and markets more than 68 FDA-cleared proprietary medical diagnostic test kits.  Hemagen has two different product lines.  The Virgo® product line consists of diagnostic test kits that are used to aid in the diagnosis of certain autoimmune and infectious diseases, using ELISA, Immunofluorescence, and hemagglutination technology.  The Analystâ product line is an FDA-cleared bench top clinical chemistry analyzer system, including consumables, that is used to measure important constituents in human and animal blood.  In the United States, the Company sells its products through distributors and directly to physicians, veterinarians, clinical laboratories and blood banks and on a private-label basis through multinational distributors.  Internationally, the Company sells its products primarily through distributors.  The Company was incorporated in 1985 and became a public company in 1993.