Feb. 26, 2025—Q-linea announced that it has signed a second commercial contract for its ASTar instrumentation in the United States. Installation and training in a multihospital system will take place by the end of the first quarter this year. The quantitative antimicrobial susceptibility test system uses high-speed, time-lapse microscopy imaging of organisms in positive blood culture samples to determine the minimum inhibitory concentration of specific antimicrobial-organism combinations.
Q-linea is headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden, and has regional offices in Italy and the U.S. and partnerships worldwide. The ASTar instrument and ASTar BC G- kit are CE-IVD marked and FDA 510(k) cleared.