The XXIX Nordic Congress in Clinical Chemistry
24-27 April 2004,
Malmö, Sweden

Europaporten Congress Centre
24–27 April

Allergy Workshop
27 April

The XXIX Nordic Congress in Clinical Chemistry gathered together approximately 1000 participants from 26 countries.

The congress took place in Malmö, Europaporten Congress Centre, April 24-27 2004.

An extensive and very interesting scientific programme (prenary lectures, symposia, diagnostic forums, BMA-programs, main sponsors and industry sponsored workshops) consisted of presentations from more than 100 speakers. Almost 80 posters were presented during the congress and more than 45 companies participated at the exhibition. It was a great opportunity to meet people (old friends and new contacts) from different countries. More information about the congress can be found at www.nfkk2004.org.

In the booth DPC showed a new instrument - the IMMULITE 2500 with SMS. The IMMULITE 2500 analyzer is a new high throughput system with flexible incubation time, that allows an improved time to first result. The SMS is a smart sample handling system that is capable to distribute samples between a track and to IMMULITE systems. As one of the largest allergy in vitro diagnostic companies in the world we showed our new cross-reactivity software that was also available on CD in the booth. Also, a workshop was organized about allergy in vitro diagnostics: "Cross-reactivity and CCD, Crossreacting Carbohydrate Determinants, a challenge for the clinicians and the patients", lecturer: dr. Jon Elling Whist, Østfold Hospital, Fredrikstad, Norway.

If you are interested in topics that were presented by DPC during the congress, please contact us by e-mail: info@dpc.ee. If you would like to get additional information about our products, please visit our website at www.dpcweb.com, or contact us by e-mail (address mentioned above, or you can find the closest DPC distributor, by visiting the "Worldwide Distributors" section of our website).

The next Nordic Congress will take place in Copenhagen in 2006. A website link to this congress is www.nfkk2006.ics.dk.

Also, the next European Congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine will take place in May 2005, in Glasgow. For more information please visit http://www.glasgow2005.org.

The next international meeting in 2004 in the field of laboratory medicine in the Baltic region is the 7.th Baltic Congress in Laboratory Medicine, which will take place in Pärnu, Estonia, September 9-11 2004. You can get the latest information about the Baltic Congress, when visiting the congress website: www.elmy.ee/congress.

Hope to see you soon!