Astra Biotech is a company engaged in the production of reagents and in-vitro diagnostics for the detection of disturbances of hormones, metabolic diseases, tumor markers, and allergy tests. The company also offers molecular biological in-vitro diagnostics for detection of predisposition to thrombosis or individual sensitivity to drugs as well as for analysis of infection with sexually transmitted diseases or diagnosis of cystic fibrosis. Its in-vitro diagnostics are either based on the ELISA technique, the sensitive PCR reaction, or on the microarray platform.