Summary: Medline has become a direct distributor for Epredia, a company specializing in precision cancer diagnostics and tissue diagnostics, expanding Medline’s portfolio of lab products, devices, and equipment, providing enhanced access to anatomical pathology products for laboratories and customers across the continuum of care.

Takeaways:

  1. By offering Epredia’s products, Medline aims to broaden its range of offerings to meet the evolving needs of laboratories and healthcare facilities.
  2. Epredia’s solutions are designed to address the increasing complexity of cancer diagnostics, aiming to improve laboratory workflows and enable pathologists to deliver timely and accurate diagnoses. 
  3. Medline’s extensive distribution network combined with Epredia’s products, commercial, and service support creates a robust platform for delivering comprehensive lab solutions. 

Medline, a manufacturer and supplier of medical supplies and solutions, is now a direct distributor for Epredia, which provides comprehensive solutions for precision cancer diagnostics and tissue diagnostics.

Epredia offers solutions aimed at transforming the anatomical pathology market, the company says.

Expanded Access to Anatomical Pathology Products

With its new status as distributor, Medline can offer laboratories and customers across the continuum of care access to anatomical pathology products from Epredia, thus expanding Medline’s extensive portfolio of lab products, devices, and equipment.

“Medline is confidently and quickly growing our presence in the lab space,” says Nicole Krpan, general manager of Laboratory at Medline. “And, we are excited to augment our lab product offering with Epredia – whose legacy and brands are deeply embedded and always in demand in the market.” 

Improving Cancer Diagnostics

The increasing complexity of cancer diagnostics means laboratories are under increasing pressure to speed up processes and reduce costs. Laboratories in acute and non-acute care settings around the world have looked to Epredia for solutions that improve the laboratory workflow to help pathologists deliver quality results and timely diagnoses.

“We are excited to begin this partnership with Medline as we serve our mutual customers in the Anatomical Pathology market space,” says Larry Cook, vice president of Epredia Commercial Operations – Americas. “With Medline’s extensive distribution network combined with Epredia’s products, commercial and service support, this partnership strengthens our focus centered on ‘improving lives by enhancing cancer diagnostics’ for patients, researchers, and clinical laboratories in the U.S. market.”

Further reading: Medline Named Laboratory Prime Vendor by Allina Health

Medline’s Portfolio of Lab Equipment

With a lab portfolio of more than 150,000 products, Medline helps strengthen lab performance and influence in every diagnostic setting. Medline lab specialists bring lab, supply chain, and other stakeholders together to build a framework for driving greater savings, efficiencies, and overall value. Health systems and laboratories interested in Epredia solutions can contact their Medline representatives.

Featured image: Epredia SlideMateAS and HM340E. Photo: Medline