MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IVAX Diagnostics, Inc. (NYSE Amex: IVD), a fully integrated in vitro diagnostics company, announced that today ERBA Diagnostics Mannheim GmbH purchased from a group controlled by Patrice Debregeas and Paul Kennedy all of the approximately 72% of the outstanding shares of IVAX Diagnostics owned by their group for $0.75 per share, or an aggregate purchase price of approximately $15 million. ERBA Diagnostics Mannheim, headquartered in Mannheim, Germany, is an emerging player in the in vitro diagnostics market.
