Alta Diagnostics

Name

Alta Diagnostics

Legal name

Alta Diagnostics, Inc.

Website

https://altadiagnostics.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

In-Vitro Diagnostic Quality Controls

NAICS

In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing (325413)

SIC

In Vitro & In Vivo Diagnostic Substances (2835)

akta.pro primary industry

Quality Control, Calibrators, Standards & Proficiency Testing (IVD Consumables) (HLAHAAAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Urinalysis & Routine Screening Diagnostics (HLAHAAAG), Urinalysis & Kidney Function POCT (Dipstick, Microalbumin, Creatinine) (HLAHAOAE)

Keywords

• Liquid chemistry controls
• Urinalysis quality controls
• Clinical diagnostic reagents
• Laboratory quality control
• In-vitro diagnostic controls

Headquarters

HQ city

Carson City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Chemistry Control Products: Sale of Liquid Ready to Use chemistry control products to laboratories, universities, and military healthcare facilities. Products are sold in various catalog numbers with different volumes and configurations for quality control testing purposes.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Alta Diagnostics manufactures and supplies Liquid Ready to Use chemistry control products used for quality assurance in clinical laboratory testing. The portfolio includes urine dipstick controls, urine microalbumin controls, urine chemistry controls, microscopic/high specific gravity controls, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) controls, sold in multiple volumes and catalog configurations for routine urinalysis, clinical chemistry, and CSF analysis.

Product overview

Alta Diagnostics is a manufacturer of Liquid Ready to Use chemistry controls established in 1989, serving hospitals and reference laboratories across the USA and Canada. Their product portfolio consists of liquid control products including Urine Dipstick Control, Urine Microalbumin Control, Microscopic & High Specific Gravity Control, Urine Chemistry Controls (in two sizes), and CSF Controls (in two sizes). The company's primary differentiator is an 18-month open vial stability for their liquid products, compared to lyophilized alternatives that require reconstitution and offer only 1-2 days of stability.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Urine Dipstick Control (catalog #301-12) 6 x 20 ml Liquid Control with 2 levels (normal and abnormal), packaged 6 per box, featuring 8-week open vial stability at room temperature. Qualitative urine dipstick control for laboratory quality assurance in urinalysis testing.
• Urine Microalbumin Control (catalog #302-12) 6 x 8 ml Liquid Control available in split-box or all-one-level configurations for urine microalbumin (albumin) testing in laboratory quality control workflows.
• Microscopic & High Specific Gravity Control (catalog #301-3) 250 ml Liquid Control for microscopic analysis and high specific gravity testing of urine samples in clinical laboratories.
• Urine Chemistry Control (catalog #323-16-12) 6 x 10 ml Liquid Control for quantitative urine chemistry analysis in laboratory quality control programs.
• Urine Chemistry Control (catalog #323-17-12) 6 x 25 ml Liquid Control for quantitative urine chemistry analysis, providing a larger volume option for higher-volume laboratory testing.
• CSF Control (catalog #323-26-12) 6 x 2 ml Liquid Control for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis in clinical laboratory quality control workflows.
• CSF Control (catalog #323-27-12) 6 x 5 ml Liquid Control for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis, providing a larger volume option for laboratory quality control.

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Roche Diagnostics: Roche Diagnostics sells clinical chemistry, urinalysis, and immunoassay analyzers bundled with QC controls and calibrators through its cobas platform. It is a broad incumbent that offers Alta-like QC consumables as part of a much larger integrated instrument-reagent portfolio.
• Siemens Healthineers: Siemens Healthineers provides clinical chemistry and urinalysis systems under the Atellica and ADVIA Centaur brands, accompanied by proprietary QC controls and third-party control offerings. As a broad incumbent, it competes with Alta's controls indirectly via integrated analyzer-control bundles.
• Bio-Techne (R&D Systems): Bio-Techne, through its diagnostics and life science reagents business, supplies clinical laboratory controls, calibrators, and specialty reagents. While broader in scope, it competes with Alta in the controlled reagents and standards category for clinical laboratories.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Thermo Fisher Scientific offers clinical chemistry controls and reference materials through its specialty diagnostics and analytical instruments businesses. Its scale and broad product portfolio position it as an incumbent competitor to Alta in the lab QC consumables space.
• Abbott Diagnostics: Abbott Diagnostics operates the Architect and Alinity clinical chemistry/immunoassay platforms with companion QC consumables, and it competes with Alta Diagnostics in supplying QC controls to clinical laboratories as part of a broad diagnostics portfolio.

Direct peers

• Quantimetrix: Quantimetrix specializes in liquid chemistry, urinalysis, and immunoassay controls and standards sold to clinical laboratories. Its product portfolio and go-to-market overlap closely with Alta's liquid-ready-to-use chemistry controls.
• Sun Diagnostics: Sun Diagnostics is a niche manufacturer of liquid-stable clinical chemistry and urinalysis controls, very similar in product positioning and customer base to Alta Diagnostics. It directly competes with Alta's liquid-ready-to-use control line across hospital and reference lab channels.
• Bio-Rad Laboratories: Bio-Rad's Clinical Diagnostics division manufactures a broad range of liquid-ready-to-use and lyophilized QC controls, calibrators, and standards for urinalysis, chemistry, immunoassay, and molecular testing. It is the most direct competitor to Alta Diagnostics in the clinical lab QC consumables category.
• Streck: Streck develops and manufactures clinical laboratory controls, calibrators, and reference materials for hematology, chemistry, and urinalysis workflows. Its specialty QC consumable portfolio competes head-to-head with Alta in hospital and reference lab settings.
• Helena Laboratories: Helena Laboratories manufactures clinical diagnostics products including urine chemistry controls and electrophoresis supplies, with overlapping urinalysis QC product offerings aimed at hospital and reference laboratories similar to Alta's customer base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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