The phrase "a maker of diagnostic" is not correct in English.
It should be "a maker of diagnostics." You can use it when referring to a person or company that creates diagnostic tools or tests, particularly in medical or technical fields.
Example: "The company is known as a maker of diagnostics, providing innovative solutions for early disease detection."
Alternatives: "a producer of diagnostics" or "a developer of diagnostic tools."
Advanced Magnetics Inc. is a maker of diagnostic contrast agents.
The Danaher Corporationagreed Monday to buyBeckman Coulter, a maker of diagnostic research equipment for biomedical companies, for about $5.8 billion in cash, triumphing in a crowded bidding contest.
Roper Industries, an industrial manufacturer, has agreed to purchase Sunquest Information Systems, a maker of diagnostic and laboratory software for $1.42 billion in cash.
Bio-Rad Laboratories, a maker of diagnostic tests, said yesterday that it had offered to buy BioSource International, a maker of products used in biological research, for $8.50 a share, or more than $82 million.
AXIS-SHIELD P.L.C., Dundee, Scotland, a maker of diagnostic tools, said it would make automated tests for Abbott Laboratories to monitor blood levels of Wyeth's Rapamune, a drug used to prevent rejection of transplanted organs.
The others include three health care companies: Cross Country Inc., a nurse staffing concern; Therasense Inc., a maker of diabetes glucose monitors; and Given Imaging Ltd., a maker of diagnostic imaging pills.
DADE BEHRING, Deerfield Park, Ill., a maker of medical diagnostic tests, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Chugai Pharmaceutical, a unit of Roche that markets Tamiflu in Japan, rose 14percentt Monday, while Eiken Chemical, a maker of clinical diagnostic tools, also rose 14percentt.
DAVID G. EDELSTEIN Deerfield, Ill., June 10 The writer is chief information officer and senior vice president of Dade Behring, a maker of medical diagnostic equipment.
He also likes Analogic (ALOG, $34), a maker of medical diagnostic equipment.
His father, who was briefly a general practitioner in Westport, Conn., is a medical venture capitalist who is a director of several companies, including CombiMatrix Diagnostics, a genetics diagnostic company in Irvine, Calif., and CytoCore, a maker of medical diagnostics equipment in Chicago.
