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November 2021—Clever Culture Systems signed a five-year agreement for Remel, a part of Thermo Fisher, to be the exclusive U.S. distributor of the APAS Independence. The FDA-cleared automated culture plate reader will be added to Thermo Fisher’s portfolio of microbiology products in the United States. Under the agreement, Thermo Fisher will provide sales and marketing, installation, maintenance, and support services to customers in the United States.

September 2019—Clever Culture Systems announced FDA 510(k) clearance of its APAS Independence instrument and associated urine analysis module as a class II medical device. The APAS Independence automatically screens, interprets, and sorts culture plates and can process more than 200 culture plates at a time. The instrument sorts culture plates showing significant bacterial growth from those that do not, without the need for further microbiologist assistance, the company says.