BNET Industries

Market Cap:$523.9M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$100.5M
  • Public
  • US
Dow Jones Description

The genesis of the Abaxis technology took place at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where under contract to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), scientists sought to develop and manufacture a small biochemical analyzer for use in space laboratories. Abaxis was founded in April 1989. Shortly thereafter, Abaxis acquired the exclusive patent rights from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, to develop and manufacture a biochemical analyzer that was capable of performing multiple blood tests from a single drop of whole blood. In 1992, Abaxis completed the concept design for the then-named "EPOC 2000" system. To be able to measure multiple parameters from a very small quantity of whole blood, Abaxis developed the Orbos technology. This technology allows the manufacturing of stable reagents in minute quantities with extraordinary precision. In September 1994, Abaxis entered into a supply agreement with Becton Dickinson to provide them with immunochemical reagents in the Orbos format. Today, Abaxis licenses and manufactures reagents utilizing the Orbos technology to other companies. The Piccolo analyzer was introduced to the market in November 1995 with two reagent discs; Primary Health Panel, a nine-test reagent disc and a General Health Panel, a 12-test reagent disc. With the 510(k) clearance of the GGT test from the FDA, the Liver Panel Plus disc was introduced in November 1996. ...

President,CEO & Board Chairman
Clinton H. Severson
Number of Employees 339
Contact Information

3240 Whipple Rd

Union City, California 94587-1217

abaxis.com

(510) 675-6500

NAICS Code In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing: 325413

Recent Events

  • Abaxis Reports Record Revenues for the Second Quarter of Fiscal 2010

    10/27/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • ABAXIS Announces Launch of the First Fully Automated Canine Wellness Profile That Includes a Canine...

    10/08/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Gentium loses CEO, board

    8/12/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Vice President - View Story

News & Analysis

abaxis inc. and investment - All News and Analysis

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Alberto R. Santa Ines CFO & Vice President, Finance
Donald P. Wood Chief Operations Officer
Kenneth P. Aron Chief Technology Officer
Brenton G.A. Hanlon Vice President, Sales&Marketing,Medical
Christopher M. Bernard Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Lou Ramondetta Vice President, Sales
Martin Mulroy Vice President of Veterinary Sales and Marketing, for North America
Vladimir E. Ostoich Vice President of Govt Affairs & Pac Rim
Achim Henkel Managing Director, E
Andy Koupas Area Sales Director, West
Bill Wilson Area Sales Director, Mid, Atlantic & Ohio Valley
Brett Stromatt Area Director, Sales, East
Frank Pickard Sales Director, Southeast
Matthew Rapp Area Director, Sales, West
Michael Solomon Director, Business Dev
Mike Petrunich Area Director, Sales, East
Randy Knick Area Sales Director, Central US
Richard Duncan Director, Sales, Piccolo Market
Rick Betts Abaxis' Director of Marketing
Ron Blasig Director, Marketing, Piccolo
Valerie Goodwin Director, Marketing, Veterinary Diagnostics
Barbel Kohler European Sales and Marketing Manager
Chris Ballinger Area Sales Manager, Southeast
Gerard Cabrera Area Sales Manager, Northeast
Jeff Sumpter Area Sales Manager, South Central
John Therrien Area Sales Manager, Mid, West
Larry Lem Abaxis Hematology Product Manager
Torrey Inez Area Sales Manager, Southwest

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Clinton H. Severson President,CEO & Board Chairman
Henk J. Evenhuis Chairman
Ernest S. Tucker Board of Directors
Prithipal Singh Board of Directors
Richard J. Bastiani Board of Directors

Clinton H. Severson has served as the Company’s President, Chief Executive Officer and one of our directors since June 1996. He was appointed Chairman of the Board in May 1998. Since November 2006, Mr. Severson served on the Board of Directors of CytoCore, Inc. (OTCBB: CYCR). From February 1989 to May 1996, Mr. Severson served as President and Chief Executive Officer of MAST Immunosystems, Inc., a privately-held medical diagnostic company

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. President,CEO & Board Chairman Current
Cytocore Inc Chairman Current
Mast Immunosystems Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former
Mast Immunosystems Inc. President Former
Abaxis, Inc. Director Former
Cytocore, Inc. Board of Directors Former

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. CFO & Vice President, Finance Current
Abaxis, Inc. Interim Chief Financial Officer and Director Former
Lam Research Corporation Manager Former
Abaxis, Inc. Finance Manager Former

Donald P. Wood has served as the Company’s Chief Operations Officer since April 2009. Mr. Wood joined us in October 2007 as Vice President of Operations. From April 2003 to September 2007, Mr. Wood was the Vice President of Operations of Cholestech Corporation (Nasdaq: CTEC), a medical products manufacturing company which was subsequently acquired by Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. in September 2007. From July 2001 to March 2003, Mr. Wood served as Vice President of Bone Health, a business unit of Quidel Corporation, a manufacturing and marketer of point-of-care diagnostics, and was responsible for Bone Health Product Operations, Device Research and Development, and Sales and Marketing. He also served as Quidel’s Vice President of Ultrasound Operations from August 1999 to July 2001. Prior to joining Quidel, Mr. Wood was the Director of Ultrasound Operations for Metra Biosystems Inc., a developer and manufacturing company of point-of-care products for osteoporosis, from July 1998 to August 1999 prior to Quidel’s acquisition of Metra Biosystems Inc.

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. Chief Operations Officer Current
Co-Operations Inc Company S Vice President Current
Abaxis, Inc. Vice President, Operations Former
Cholestech Corporation Vice President, Operations Former
Quidel Corporation Vice President, Ultrasound Operations Former
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Bachelor of Science Degree In Business Administration Former

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. Chief Technology Officer Current
CardioGenesis Corporation Vice President of Research, Development and Engineering Former
Abaxis, Inc. Vice President of Research and Development Former

Brenton G. A. Hanlon joined our Board of Directors in November 1996. Since January 2001, Mr. Hanlon has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Hitachi Chemical Diagnostics, a manufacturer of in vitro allergy diagnostic products. Concurrently, from December 1996 until the present, Mr. Hanlon has served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Tri-Continent Scientific, a subsidiary of Hitachi Chemical. From 1989 to December 1996, Mr. Hanlon was Vice President and General Manager of Tri-Continent Scientific. Mr. Hanlon serves on the board of directors of two privately held companies.

Organization Position Status
Hitachi Chemical Diagnostics, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Current
Hitachi Chemical Diagnostics, Inc. President Current
Abaxis, Inc. Vice President, Sales&Marketing,Medical Current
Abaxis, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. Vice President, Sales and Marketing Current
Cytyc Corporation Regional Business Director Former

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. Vice President, Sales Current

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. Vice President of Veterinary Sales and Marketing, for North America Current
Veterinary Sales Company S Vice President Current
Abaxis, Inc. Director, Natl Sales Former
Mast Immunosystems Inc. Regional Sales Manager Former

Vladimir E. Ostoich, Ph.D., one of our co-founders, is currently our Vice President of Government Affairs and Vice President of Marketing for the Pacific Rim. Dr. Ostoich has served as Vice President in various capacities at Abaxis since our inception, including as Vice President of Research and Development, Senior Vice President of Research and Development, Vice President of Engineering and Instrument Manufacturing and Vice President of Marketing and Sales for the United States and Canada.

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. Vice President of Govt Affairs & Pac Rim Current

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. Managing Director, E Current
Abaxis, Inc. European Sales and Marketing Director Former

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. Area Sales Director, West Current
Abaxis, Inc. Area Sales Manager, West Current

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. Area Sales Director, Mid, Atlantic & Ohio Valley Current
Abaxis, Inc. Area Sales Manager, Southeast Current

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. Area Director, Sales, East Current

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. Sales Director, Southeast Current

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. Area Director, Sales, West Current

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. Director, Business Dev Current
Abaxis, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. Area Director, Sales, East Current

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. Area Sales Director, Central US Current
Abaxis, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. Director, Sales, Piccolo Market Current
Abaxis, Inc. Director, Sales, Piccolo Market Former

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. Abaxis' Director of Marketing Current
Abaxis, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. Director, Marketing, Piccolo Current
Abaxis, Inc. Director, Marketing, Piccolo Former

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. Director, Marketing, Veterinary Diagnostics Current
Abaxis, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. European Sales and Marketing Manager Current

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. Area Sales Manager, Southeast Current

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. Area Sales Manager, Northeast Current

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. Area Sales Manager, South Central Current

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. Area Sales Manager, Mid, West Current

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. Abaxis Hematology Product Manager Current

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. Area Sales Manager, Southwest Current

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. Chairman Current
Abaxis, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Credence Systems Corp. Board of Directors Current
Fair Isaac Corporation Cfo Former
Lam Research Corporation Chief Financial Officer Former
Lam Research Corporation Executive Vice President Former

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. Board of Directors Current
California Pacific Medical Center Former
Pathology Inc. Chair Former
Scripps Clinic Chairman of Pathology Former

Prithipal Singh, Ph.D. joined the Board of Directors in June 1992. Prior to retiring, Dr. Singh was the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ChemTrak Inc. (Pink Sheets: CMTR) from 1988 to 1998. Prior to this, Dr. Singh was an Executive Vice President of Idetec Corporation from 1985 to 1988 and a Vice President of Syva Corporation from 1977 to 1985.

Organization Position Status
Abaxis, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Dr. Richard Bastiani, former Chairman of ID Biomedical, has an impressive track record in the life sciences industry with considerable operational expertise in developing and commercializing innovative technology, and building successful businesses. Dr. Bastiani has served on the board of Abaxis Inc, which specializes in point of care diagnostics, since September 1995. He is a director and co founder of DiscoverRx, which is focused on high throughput screening and proteomics products for pharmaceutical drug discovery. Previously, Dr. Bastiani was President of Dendreon, a biotechnology company developing cell based therapies for treatment of cancer, until September 1999. For approximately 25 years, Dr. Bastiani held a number of positions, including President, of Syva Company in Palo Alto, California.

Organization Position Status
Response Biomedical Corporation Chairman Current
Pathwork Diagnostics, Inc. Chairman Current
Satoris, Inc. Board Member Current
Abaxis, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Dendreon Corporation President Former
Id Biomedical Corp Chairman Former
Michigan State University PhD In Organic Chemistry Former

Executive News

  • Gentium loses CEO, board

    FierceBiotech - 8/12/09 - View Story

  • Abaxis, Inc. (ABAX) Announces Appointment of Brenton Hanlon to Vice President of North American Medical Sales and Marketing

    BioSpace - 8/10/09 - View Story

  • ABAXIS Announces Appointment of Brenton Hanlon to Vice President of North American Medical Sales and Marketing

    PR Newswire - 8/10/09 - View Story

  • ABAXIS Announces Appointment of Brenton Hanlon to Vice President of North American Medical Sales and Marketing

    PR Newswire via Yahoo! - 8/10/09 - View Story

advertisement
     ABAX $23.77 +0.35 (1.49% )
Average Volume 168,046
Shares Outstanding 22.02M
Market Cap 523.5M
Year High 29.8
Year Low 13.2401
Earnings Per Share 0.58
P/E Ratio 40.98
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
advertisement