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For more than 30 years, Canterbury Scientific has been a leading, global OEM developer and supplier of high quality IVD Controls and Calibrators for diabetes and hemoglobinopathy applications. Established by the founders, Professor Robin Carrell, Bryce Hawkins and Dr Maurice Owen in 1985 to develop and supply the highest quality controls and calibrators for QC of diabetes analysis systems across a range of methodologies, the defining achievement came in the discovery of techniques to ensure the longest possible closed and open vial stabilities without the need for freezing.

The Company has continued to develop its specialist products to the requirements of its customers across a range of hemoglobin analysis methods. We are a specialist OEM developer and supplier with extensive experience in our field offering standard and custom products across the full range of assay types in the diabetes and hemoglobinopathy analysis market. We offer product in bulk or in fully kitted formats.

Our flexibility, commitment to quality and experience working with customers of all sizes and in all geographies makes us the ideal partner for those looking for controls and calibrators, on existing and newly developed systems. ​We operate under ISO13485:2016 standards and to cGMP regulations. We have products listed with the FDA (510k) and with the CE Mark and support our customers with their regulatory registration requirements globally.

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