DCN is a provider of services and products to the rapid assay industry. Primary services are:
- contract assay development
- contract manufacturing
- education and training
- a variety of consulting services
- a wide range of supporting products, including digital readers, assay materials, and critical reagents
We specialize in lateral flow and flow through formats, working with visual, fluorescent and paramagnetic labels.
DCN is unique, in that we can deliver services and products related to all elements of the assay system, from sample handling to assay design and manufacture, through to reading technology. We are a technology oriented company, striving to improve the quality of point of need rapid assays, to broaden the scope of their application and to pass those benefits through to our clients. In addition to serving assay developers and manufacturers, we provide comprehensive services to technology, component and service providers, as well as the investment community.
We combine a practical approach that brings products to market quickly, with high level market awareness and a focus on evaluating emerging, useful technologies early, so that we can provide the best possible solutions to our clients’ assay system development needs. We have developed assays for markets as broad as clinical diagnostics, veterinary diagnostics, biowarfare, food science, microbiology, environmental health and safety, forensics, agriculture and consumer testing.