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Abaxis Inc. (ABAX)At 4:00PM ET: 23.35  Up 0.23 (0.99%)  
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Abaxis Inc.
3240 Whipple Road
Union City, CA 94587
United States - Map
Phone: 510-675-6500
Fax: 510-441-6150
Web Site: http://www.abaxis.com

DETAILS 
Index Membership:S&P 600 SmallCap
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector:Healthcare
Industry:Diagnostic Substances
Full Time Employees:339

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Abaxis, Inc. develops, manufactures, markets, and sells portable blood analysis systems for use in the human or veterinary patient-care setting to provide clinicians with rapid blood constituent measurements in the medical and veterinarian markets worldwide. Its products include Point-Of-Care Blood Chemistry Analyzer, which performs a panel of 14 tests on human patients and 13 tests on veterinary patients marketed under the Piccolo xpress and Piccolo Classic names in the human medical market and under the VetScan VS2 and VetScan Classic names in the veterinary market. The company’s products also include Reagent Discs that handle various technical steps of blood chemistry testing automatically; and VetScan HM5, VetScan HM2, VetScan HMII, and VetScan HMT hematology instruments, which offer blood count analysis for veterinary applications. In addition, its products comprise VetScan VSpro that assists in the diagnosis and evaluation of suspected bleeding disorders, toxicity/poisoning, evaluation of disseminated intravascular disease, hepatic disease and monitoring therapy, and progression of disease states; and VetScan Canine Heartworm Rapid Test, a test for the detection of dirofilaria immitis in canine whole blood, serum, or plasma. Further, Abaxis’s products consist of Orbos Discrete Lyophilization Process, which allows the production of active chemical ingredient in the form of a soluble bead, as well as involves in flash-freezing a drop of liquid reagent to form a solid bead and then freeze-drying the bead to remove water. The company markets and sells its products through a direct sales force in the United States and through independent distributors. Abaxis was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Union City, California.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Abaxis Inc.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 6-Nov-09 is better than 35.4% of S&P 600 companies and 66.8% of Health Care Equipment & Services companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. Clint Severson , 60
    Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer and Pres
    $ 582.00K $ 893.00K
    Dr. Vladimir E. Ostoich Ph.D., 64
    Co-Founder, VP of Gov. Affairs and VP of Marketing at Pacific Rim
    $ 338.00K $ 723.00K
    Mr. Alberto R. Santa Ines , 62
    Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer, VP of Fin. and Sec.
    $ 326.00K $ 0
    Dr. Kenneth Aron Ph.D., 56
    Chief Technology Officer
    $ 336.00K $ 0
    Mr. Brenton G. A. Hanlon , 63
    VP of Medical Sales & Marketing - North America
    $ 24.00KN/A
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-09 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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