MedMira Announces Partnership with UK-Based NGO Advance Aid

Working Together to Bring Rapid HIV Diagnostics Closer to Countries Most in Need

21-Apr-2010 - MedMira Inc. announced that it is collaborating with the UK-based NGO, Advance Aid, to improve the supply chain for rapid diagnostics in regions where the products are most needed, in particular Africa. Advance Aid takes a new and unique approach to supplying needed health and aid resources to ...

MedMira Announces Change in Management

12-Apr-2010 - MedMira Inc. announced the departure of David Slauenwhite, who served as the Company's Chief Financial Officer. Effective immediately, MedMira is actively conducting a search to hire a new person to fulfill this role. "The search is underway for a high quality candidate to fill the position of ...

MedMira Announces New Chairman and Director

17-Feb-2009 - MedMira Inc. announced that the Company's Board of Directors has elected Dr. James Smith as Chairman. Mr. Romano Robusto was elected as a Director at MedMira's 2009 Annual General Meeting held on January 30, 2009. A member of MedMira's Board of Directors since 2000, Dr. Smith has served on the ...

MedMira Reaches Funding Agreement to Enable US Market Expansion

19-Aug-2008 - MedMira Inc. announced that it has entered in to an agreement in principal with an investor for the issuance of a CDN $650,000 convertible debenture. Under the terms of the agreement, the debenture will bear interest of 9% per annum and will mature four years from the date of close. The ...

MedMira Extends Market Reach into Southeast Asia with Contract for One Million HIV Tests

SE Asia Latest Target Market in Growing Global Distributor Network

07-Aug-2008 - MedMira Inc., announced that it has expanded its global distribution network into Southeast Asia, where the Company's MiraWell(R) Rapid HIV Test (MiraWell HIV) will soon be available to healthcare providers and their patients. American Health Diagnostics LLC (AHD), a MedMira distribution agent ...

MedMira Awarded China Patent

Rapid Flow-Through Technology Patents in Three Major Global Markets

25-Jul-2008 - MedMira Inc. announced that it received a Notice on Grant of Patent Right For Invention (equivalent to the Notice of Allowance in the United States) from the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of the People's Republic of China for its rapid diagnostic device and assay (Chinese Patent ...

US Patent for Rapid Test Method and Technology Platform Awarded to MedMira

18-Jul-2008 - MedMira Inc. announced that it received a Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for its rapid flow-through test (RFT) methodology, the technology platform its rapid tests are built on. This patent protects the core innovation behind MedMira's fully commercialized ...

MedMira Continues Momentum in Eastern Europe Expanding Distribution Network to Include Moldova and Ukraine

Regional Distributor Enters New Markets with MiraCare and Multiplo Tests

29-Apr-2008 - MedMira Inc. announced that it continues to build sales momentum, expand into new sales territories, and extend its product reach in Eastern Europe. Building on an initial distribution channel in Romania MedMira is expanding its footprint in the region to include the Republic of Moldova and ...

MedMira Files Patent Application for Next Generation Rapid Test

19-Mar-2008 - MedMira Inc. announced that it has filed a patent application with the United States Patent Office for its new rapid test platform. MedMira's research & development team has been working on a next generation, rapid test based on the company's patented flow-through diagnostic technology. This next ...

MedMira Appoints New Executive for Global Business Development

07-Jan-2008 - MedMira Inc. announced the appointment of Richard "Dick" Van Maanen to the position of Vice President of Global Business Development for the Company. Mr. Van Maanen is a 25-year veteran of the in vitro diagnostics industry, and has held sales, marketing, and business development positions with ...