Abaxis, Inc.

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.abaxis.com
Employees: 265
Employee growth: 22.1%

Abaxis makes a praxis of producing what the facts is, when analyzing patients' blood. Its point-of-care blood analyzers can perform more than 20 types of tests on animals and humans. The analyzers are designed to be portable, require little training, provide on-the-spot results, and offer built-in quality control and calibration. They come with reagent discs for performing common blood tests. Abaxis markets the system under the name VetScan in the veterinary market and Piccolo in the human medical market. It is developing a wider range of tests to better penetrate the human diagnostic market. Abaxis sells its products to veterinarians, hospitals, managed care organizations, and the military.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending March, 2007:
Sales: $86.2M
One year growth: 25.1%
Net income: $10.1M
Income growth: 34.6%

Officers:
Chairman, President, and CEO: Clinton H. Severson
VP Finance and CFO: Alberto R. Santa Ines
European Sales and Marketing Director: Achim Henkel

Competitors:
Abbott Labs
Heska
IDEXX Labs