Our history

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2000

BCW is created                                            

2003

Facility move

DPMSS initial development                      

2004 - 2005

First major prospective protocols

Guinea-Bissau presence established           

2006

Facility move, from 3200 to 7600 sq ft work area           

2008

Expanded Miami facility

Testing capability added

Cameroon office opened                      

2009

Major protocols completed:
- HIV
- HCV
- Pediatrics
- High Risk

Trugene HIV-1 Genotyping kit and Opengene DNA sequencing system implemented

Full time positions created: Marketing, QC/QA, Finance           

2010

Expanded Miami facility

HIV Group N and O samples

Multiple HIV/HBV/HCV prospective protocols
          

2012

COLA accreditation obtained           

2014

Major swab protocols completed:
- MRSA
- Cervical/vaginal

Doors opened to extensive bio-inventory           

2015

Develops unique assay to detect the Chikungunya virus

BCW starts uploading HIV sequencing data into the National Institute of Health (nih) database           

2016

Dry Ice Extruder installed

Oakland, CA office opened with same day collection capabilities           

2017

Las Vegas, NV testing laboratory up and running           

2019

Budapest, Hungary office opens

BK and EBV viral load assays validated and running           

2020

Facility expansion to new building of ~4000 sq ft.