RECIPE

Name

RECIPE

Legal name

RECIPE Chemicals + Instruments GmbH

Website

https://recipe.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Clinical Diagnostics (In Vitro Diagnostics)

NAICS

In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing (325413), Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516)

SIC

In Vitro & In Vivo Diagnostic Substances (2835), Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826)

akta.pro primary industry

IVD Reagents, Assay Kits & Consumables (Non-instrument) (HLAHAAAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Quality Control, Calibrators, Standards & Proficiency Testing (IVD Consumables) (HLAHAAAL), Mass Spectrometry & Spectroscopy Instruments (HLAGAIAB), Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs) & Specialized Clinical Lab Assays (HLAAALAN)

Keywords

• Clinical diagnostic kits
• Therapeutic drug monitoring
• LC-MS/MS diagnostics
• HPLC instruments
• In vitro diagnostics

Headquarters

HQ city

München

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Diagnostic Kit Sales: Sale of complete diagnostic kits including LC-MS/MS, HPLC, and photometry kits for clinical applications such as therapeutic drug monitoring, vitamins, amino acids, steroids, and immunosuppressants
2. Calibrators and Controls: Sale of ClinChek® serum and plasma controls, calibrators for quality assurance in clinical laboratories
3. Instrument Sales: Sale of ClinLab® HPLC instruments including autosamplers, detectors, and chromatography software
4. Internal Standards: Sale of ClinMass® internal standards primarily for LC-MS/MS complete kits and for implementing proprietary methods

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

RECIPE designs, develops, and manufactures CE-IVD certified in vitro diagnostic kits for clinical mass spectrometry applications, including complete kits for HPLC, LC-MS/MS, ICP-MS, and photometry, along with calibrators, controls, internal standards, optimisation mixes, and HPLC instruments for clinical and hospital laboratories. The company's flagship TDM 200 Kit System uses a single analytical column to determine more than 150 therapeutic drug monitoring parameters, and all products are manufactured in Munich under ISO 13485 and EU IVDR quality systems.

Product overview

RECIPE offers a comprehensive portfolio of CE-IVD certified in vitro diagnostic products for clinical diagnostics. The core TDM 200 Kit System enables therapeutic drug monitoring via LC-MS/MS with one column and multiple add-on sets covering 150+ analytes. The product portfolio includes ClinMass® LC-MS/MS complete kits (immunosuppressants, antibiotics, antidepressants, antiepileptics, antimycotics, vitamins, steroids), ClinRep® HPLC complete kits (catecholamines, vitamins, CDT, homocysteine, amino acids), ClinSpot® dried blood spot kits, ClinDART® mycophenolic acid kits, and ClinLab® HPLC instruments (Chromaster, detectors, EC6000 with SPUTNIK® cell). Supporting products include Internal Standards, Optimisation Mixes, ClinChek® Controls, and Calibrators. All products are manufactured in Munich, certified to ISO 13485 and EU IVDR, and available in over 80 countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ClinMass®: LC-MS/MS complete kits and add-on sets for therapeutic drug monitoring
• ClinDART®
• ClinRep®
• ClinChek®
• ClinSpot®
• TDM 200 Kit System
• ClinLab®

Products and services

• TDM 200 Kit System Therapeutic Drug Monitoring platform using LC-MS/MS with one analytical column, two mobile phases, and rapidly expanding add-on sets, covering immunosuppressants, antibiotics, antidepressants, antiepileptics, and other drug classes for clinical laboratories.
• ClinMass® LC-MS/MS Complete Kits CE-IVD certified complete kits for LC-MS/MS analysis covering immunosuppressants, antiepileptics, antidepressants, neuroleptics, benzodiazepines, antimycotics, antibiotics, vitamins, steroids, and mycophenolic acid for clinical diagnostic laboratories.
• ClinRep® Complete Kits Complete kits for HPLC analysis including catecholamines in plasma and urine, metanephrines, vitamin D, antiepileptics, CDT (carbohydrate-deficient transferrin), vitamins A/E, homocysteine, amino acids, and porphyrins for clinical diagnostic laboratories.
• Complete Kits Photometry Complete kits for photometric clinical diagnostics used in medical and hospital laboratories for routine analysis applications.
• ClinDART® Kits Complete kits based on Direct Analysis Real Time technology for rapid clinical diagnostics, including kits for mycophenolic acid analysis in serum and plasma.
• ClinSpot® Kits Complete kits for analysis from dried blood spots (filter spots/filter plates) covering amino acids, acylcarnitines, and homocysteine, used by newborn screening laboratories.
• ClinLab® HPLC Instruments HPLC instruments for analytical laboratories including Chromaster autosampler, fluorescence detector, UV/VIS detector, organizer, and amperometric detector (EC6000) with SPUTNIK® universal cell, compatible with modular components from other manufacturers.
• ClinChek® Controls Quality control materials in serum and plasma for verifying accuracy and precision of daily laboratory results, covering trace elements, steroids, vitamins, antidepressants, antiepileptics, immunosuppressants, homocysteine, and other analytes.
• Calibrators Calibration materials for quantitative analysis across all RECIPE diagnostic kit product lines, used in clinical laboratories for assay calibration.
• Internal Standards Internal standards primarily for LC-MS/MS complete kits and for implementing proprietary methods, covering vitamins, amino acids, antibiotics, antidepressants, antiepileptics, immunosuppressants, steroids, and other analytes.
• Optimisation Mixes Solutions for optimization of MS/MS parameters and verification of analytical systems, primarily for CE-IVD certified LC-MS/MS complete kits.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 150 different analytical parameters determinable with single platform
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered major_acquisition, core and supporting.

• Brukermajor_acquisitionStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 April 2025Bruker announced majority acquisition of RECIPE to expand capabilities in therapeutic drug monitoring and clinical diagnostics. The deal enhances Bruker's offerings with RECIPE's ClinMASS and ClinDART kits, particularly high-throughput, chromatography-free assays for LC-MS/MS.
• ShimadzucoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRECIPE offers automated therapeutic drug monitoring solutions integrated with Shimadzu HPLC and LC-MS/MS systems, providing customers with complete automated workflow solutions for clinical diagnostics.
• Academic Institutions and Scientific ExpertssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerRECIPE maintains close collaborative relationships with universities and research laboratories for the development of market-specific HPLC and LC-MS/MS applications.
• Proficiency Testing Organizations (CDC NBS, DEQUAS, NEQUAS, INSTAND, GTFCH)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerRECIPE participates regularly in national and European proficiency testing programs to ensure product quality and compliance with industry standards.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Agilent Technologies: Broad analytical instruments and clinical mass-spec workflows vendor whose LC-MS/MS and ICP-MS systems compete for the same clinical lab capital budgets and pull-through consumable opportunities that RECIPE addresses with its kits.
• Waters Corporation: Global mass spectrometry and chromatography company whose LC-MS systems are widely deployed in clinical TDM and toxicology laboratories; competes with RECIPE both through its installed-base pull on clinical labs and through application kits and consumables.
• SCIEX (Danaher): Major mass spectrometry instrumentation vendor (part of Danaher) whose LC-MS/MS systems are the standard platform on which RECIPE's CE-IVD kits run; an incumbent whose own clinical iMethod and consumable kits overlap with RECIPE's open-system offering.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Diversified life sciences and clinical diagnostics incumbent offering both mass spectrometry instruments and IVD reagents for clinical and specialty diagnostics; addresses the same hospital and reference-lab customers as RECIPE with a much broader portfolio.
• Bruker Corporation: Scientific instrumentation company that announced a majority acquisition of RECIPE on April 16, 2025; operates overlapping clinical mass-spec and microbiology IVD capabilities and now houses RECIPE's TDM and clinical diagnostics kits within its portfolio.
• Siemens Healthineers: Large clinical diagnostics and IVD vendor offering broad chemistry, immunoassay, and specialty testing menus to the same hospital and reference-lab customers RECIPE serves with TDM and specialty clinical chemistry kits.
• Revvity: Life sciences and diagnostics company (formerly PerkinElmer) operating in clinical diagnostics, specialty testing, and analytical reagents; competes with RECIPE in clinical specialty assays and newborn screening adjacencies.
• Roche Diagnostics: Global IVD leader with deep hospital and reference-lab penetration and a wide menu of clinical chemistry and immunoassays; competes for clinical testing budget with RECIPE's CE-IVD specialty kits and could expand its own clinical mass-spec menu.

Others

• Shimadzu: Major analytical instrumentation vendor and RECIPE's automation partner for integrated TDM HPLC and LC-MS/MS workflows; both a peer (LC-MS/MS and HPLC systems competing for the same clinical labs) and a channel partner.

Direct peers

• Chromsystems Instruments & Chemicals GmbH: Munich-based specialty manufacturer of CE-IVD reagent kits, calibrators, and controls for clinical LC-MS/MS therapeutic drug monitoring and newborn screening — directly competitive with RECIPE's ClinMass® and ClinSpot® product lines for the same hospital and reference-lab customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/recipe-chemicals-instruments-gmbh

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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