IMD Labor Oderland

What IMD Labor Oderland does

IMD Labor Oderland GmbH is a medical diagnostic laboratory headquartered in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, serving physicians in private practice (Arztpraxen), hospitals, and clinics across the entire state of Brandenburg. Founded in 1990, the company has grown to more than 170 employees distributed across four Brandenburg locations (Frankfurt Oder, Eisenhüttenstadt, Schwedt, and Bad Saarow). It is part of the broader IMD Laborverbund network, which connects regional laboratories in Greifswald, Berlin, and Rostock for shared capabilities.

The company operates a DAkkS-accredited clinical laboratory offering a comprehensive diagnostic portfolio spanning microbiology, clinical chemistry, hematology, immunology, transfusion medicine, function testing, and point-of-care testing (POCT) management. Its technical stack includes multiplex PCR platforms for respiratory pathogens, sexually transmitted infections, and gastrointestinal pathogens, a BD BACTEC blood culture system, and a Sysmex iFOBT analyzer. A proprietary digital platform, labGate Order Entry, enables physicians to place electronic orders and receive results directly into their practice management system, with a mobile app for remote result access. Required infectious-disease notifications are transmitted to the Robert Koch Institute via the DEMIS system.

IMD Labor Oderland's revenue derives primarily from statutory health insurance (GKV) reimbursements under the EBM fee schedule, supplemented by private insurance (PKV) billing under GOÄ and self-pay IGeL services (STI multiplex-PCR profiles, vaccination titer checks). Ancillary revenue includes consumables sales (sampling materials, blood culture bottles) to partner practices and a Medi-Box waste-disposal service billed at €7.48 plus VAT per ~12-liter box. The go-to-market model is sales-led with a multi-channel mix: direct relationships with referring physicians, courier sample pickup, hospital/clinic service contracts, continuing-education seminars (Fortbildungen), and direct-to-patient blood collection appointments available via online booking.

Name

IMD Labor Oderland

Legal name

IMD Labor Oderland GmbH

Website

https://imd-oderland.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

IMD Labor Oderland is a DAkkS-accredited medical diagnostic laboratory founded in 1990 in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, serving physicians, hospitals, and clinics across Brandenburg with microbiology, clinical chemistry, transfusion medicine, molecular diagnostics, and a proprietary labGate digital ordering platform.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Frankfurt

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Statutory Health Insurance (GKV) Laboratory Services: Laboratory diagnostic services billed through the German statutory health insurance system (GKV) via the Einheitlicher Bewertungsmaßstab (EBM) fee schedule. Services include routine blood tests, microbiology, molecular diagnostics, and specialized testing ordered by contracted physicians.
2. Private Insurance (PKV) Services: Laboratory services billed to private health insurers according to GOÄ (Gebührenordnung für Ärzte) fee schedule.
3. IGeL (Individual Health Services): Self-pay services offered to patients, including STI screening profiles, vaccination success monitoring, and preventive health check-ups. Examples: STI Multiplex-PCR Profile 1 at €58.28 (IGeL, 1.0 GOÄ), Syphilis Profile at €78.11 (IGeL, 1.0 GOÄ).
4. Consumables Sales: Sale of medical consumables (sampling materials, test kits) to partner physician practices at adjusted pricing. Includes items like stool test kits (item number 1156188), blood culture bottles, and sampling supplies.
5. Medi-Box Waste Disposal Service: Disposal service for expired medications offered to practices and patients. Fee of €7.48 plus VAT per approximately 12-liter collection box.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

IMD Labor Oderland operates a regional medical-diagnostic laboratory that performs clinical-chemistry, hematology, microbiology, molecular (multiplex PCR), and transfusion-medicine testing on patient samples submitted by referring physicians, hospitals, and clinics. It augments testing with sample logistics (courier pickup), pre-analytic services, POCT management, and the proprietary labGate Order Entry digital platform for result transmission, plus a chain of patient blood-collection sites across Brandenburg.

Product overview

IMD Labor Oderland is a medical diagnostic laboratory offering a unified portfolio of laboratory medicine services for physicians across Brandenburg, Germany. The core offerings include clinical diagnostics in microbiology, laboratory medicine, transfusion medicine, and POCT management. The company provides their proprietary labGate Order Entry platform for digital order entry and result management, along with specialized function tests, SARS-CoV-2/influenza multiplex PCR diagnostics, and comprehensive preanalytics support. Operating from multiple locations with over 170 employees, they serve physicians in practices, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Laboratory medicine (Labormedizin) End-to-end clinical laboratory testing menu covering clinical chemistry, hematology, immunology, allergology, infectiology, microbiology, transfusion medicine, and molecular diagnostics — provided to referring physicians, hospitals, and clinics across Brandenburg.
• Microbiology diagnostics (Mikrobiologische Diagnostik) Bacteriology, parasitology, mycobacteria (TB), mycology, and blood culture diagnostics for infectious-disease workup; under Dr. med. Frank Berthold.
• Transfusion medicine (Transfusionsmedizin) Immunohematology services including blood-group serology, antibody differentiation, and cold-blood-cell serology for hospitals and clinics.
• Multiplex PCR molecular diagnostics Multiplex PCR tests for sexually-transmitted infections (STI panel) and respiratory pathogens delivered to ambulatory physicians and clinics in the Brandenburg region.
• labGate Order Entry digital platform Proprietary digital order-entry system that lets referring physicians place electronic lab orders and retrieve validated results through an online portal, integrating the laboratory workflow with the practice's administrative workflow.
• SARS-CoV-2 PCR testing PCR-based molecular detection of SARS-CoV-2 offered to public patients and corporate/occupational clients, with results delivered through the labGate portal or alternative electronic reporting channels.
• Function tests (Funktionsprüfungen) Functional and pharmacodynamic laboratory tests including Helicobacter pylori breath test and related functional assessments, used to support gastroenterology, endocrinology, and allergy workups.
• POCT / Point-of-Care Testing management Management service for near-patient point-of-care testing devices in physician offices, including device commissioning, training, proficiency testing, and statutory quality-assurance documentation.
• Preanalytics (Preanalytik) Pre-analytic sample collection, courier logistics, and sample preparation services that handle patient specimens from collection through delivery to analyzers — a foundational, value-adding step before diagnostic testing.
• Patient blood-collection service (Blutentnahme) In-house blood-draw service for patients at IMD's sites and during home visits, including a system of appointment scheduling for patient visits.
• Occupational / corporate health screenings (Arbeitsmedizin) Employer-ordered occupational-medicine screenings supplied through IMD Labor Oderland's accredited laboratory infrastructure for corporate clients.
• iFOBT fecal occult blood test Fecal immunochemical occult blood test (iFOBT) for colorectal cancer screening, run on the Sysmex analyzer at IMD's accredited laboratory.
• Laboratory consumables (Urine cups, Medi-Box waste containers) Direct sales of specimen-collection consumables (urine cups) and Medi-Box waste-disposal containers to physicians' practices and clinics using IMD's logistics channels.

Quantifiable outcome

• Results available next day for most tests (Montag bis Freitag processing)

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• IMD Laborverbund (Laboratory Network)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIMD Labor Oderland is part of the IMD Laborverbund network, which includes IMD Labor Greifswald, IMD Labor Berlin, and Med. Labor Rostock. This network provides shared resources, best practices, and collaborative development of laboratory services across the region.
• Ärzte und Gesundheitseinrichtungen Brandenburg (Physicians and Healthcare Facilities)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnership with physicians in private practice, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities throughout Brandenburg. These partners order laboratory diagnostic services through labGate or traditional methods and receive results for patient treatment decisions.
• Physician Practice Software VendorscoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partnerships with physician information system (PVS) vendors to enable direct transmission of laboratory orders and results into practice management systems via the labGate platform.
• Robert Koch Institute (RKI)coreTechnology or IntegrationElectronic reporting of infectious diseases through DEMIS (German Electronic Reporting and Information System for Infection Protection). Required by law to report positive findings of notifiable diseases directly to health authorities via DEMIS.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Medicover: European healthcare and diagnostics provider with German laboratory operations, offering clinical lab services and specialty diagnostics. Comparable to IMD Oderland in service mix but typically operates in different geographies within Germany.
• Sonic Healthcare: Global medical diagnostics group with significant operations in Germany through its European subsidiaries. Overlaps with IMD Oderland in routine and specialty lab services but operates at much larger scale with hospital lab management as a major segment.

Direct peers

• Synlab: Europe's largest medical diagnostic services provider, operating a broad network of clinical labs across Germany serving physicians, hospitals and patients. Directly comparable to IMD Labor Oderland in core services (microbiology, clinical chemistry, molecular diagnostics, transfusion medicine) but at vastly greater scale and geographic reach.
• Limbach Gruppe: German laboratory group providing medical diagnostics, specialized clinical laboratory services and hospital lab management across multiple federal states. Competes head-to-head with IMD Oderland for physician referrals and hospital contracts, with overlapping services in microbiology, immunology, and molecular diagnostics.
• amedes: German provider of medical-diagnostic services spanning lab medicine, microbiology, genetics and pathology with a nationwide footprint. Directly comparable to IMD Oderland across core lab services, particularly in molecular/PCR diagnostics and the physician-referral business model.
• IMD Labor Greifswald: Sister lab within the IMD Laborverbund network, providing clinical laboratory diagnostics and performing specialized tests (fetal RhD NIPT) on behalf of IMD Oderland. Closest peer in operating model and network affiliation, but operating in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern rather than Brandenburg.
• LADR Der Laborverbund: German laboratory network of independent physician-owned labs offering clinical chemistry, microbiology, immunology, and molecular diagnostics to physicians and hospitals nationwide. Same business model and customer base as IMD Labor Oderland, with broader geographic reach in northern and western Germany.
• Bioscientia Institut für Medizinische Diagnostik: German clinical laboratory offering a broad menu of routine and specialized diagnostics to physicians and hospitals, including microbiology, immunology and molecular pathology. Directly comparable to IMD Oderland in scope, target customer base and referral-driven operating model.

Regional players

• Medizinisches Labor Bremen (MLHB): Regional German laboratory serving northern Germany with a comparable portfolio of routine clinical chemistry, microbiology, molecular diagnostics and transfusion medicine. Similar operating model but a different geographic catchment than IMD Oderland.

Others

• Helios Kliniken (in-house hospital labs): Major German private hospital group operating in-house laboratory services across many locations including Brandenburg. Both a potential customer for specialized send-out tests and a competitor for hospital lab contracts compared to IMD Oderland.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/imd_labor_oderland

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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