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I just order anti-C, anti-E and anti-Fyb from Immucor. They are all on back order with no release date. They also cut my anti-B and anti-IgG orders. I had to go order anti-sera from ORtho. I am not sure what the price differences will be yet.

Another option is for some of these reagents is Alba Bioscience

www.albabioscience.com

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Have you seen the price increases from Immucor effective 7/1/08?

Wow!!!!!!!

I think they are selling "liquid gold"!!

We tried some of the reagents from Alba Bioscience as an option to the price increase www.albabioscience.com

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Does anyone know anything about Biotest for traditional reagents?

does anyone have experience with Alba bioscience blood grouping reagents ?

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The issues with Alba is that right now they have only a limited menu of antisera and no reagent red cells, so that if you do order some of their antisera , this may now push you out of your current priicing level into a higher pricing level. At least this is what my Immucor rep told me, so it would be more expensive in the long run. Also, Alba prices are competitive, meaning they come into the market using the exhorbitant current pricing levels created by Ortho & Immucor as a guide to their pricing target. Not much savings there

Ortho rep said the same thing , i guess both Immucor & Ortho want to keep any new supplier out of US market so they can keep sticking it to us like gas companies

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We're looking to start using Alba Bioscience new blood grouping reagents any feedback on their monoclonals?