Siemens is global hemostasis market leader (app. 40%). Siemens history in haemostasis market had started in 1948 with Behring company name.
Nowadays, market for Prothrombin Time (PT) using Owren method is small (app. 5%, mainly used in Scandinavia, Lithuania, Japan), while Quick's PT -95%. That is why in Lithuania Prothrom-bin Time test is so often called as SPA (Stago Prothrombin Assay), although that is only a commercial name of PT reagent.
Siemens is global hemostasis market leader (app. 40%). Siemens history in haemostasis market had started in 1948 with Behring company name. Nowadays, market for Prothrombin Time (PT) using Owren method is small (app. 5%, mainly used in Scandinavia, Lithuania, Japan), while Quick's PT - 95%. That is why in Lithuania Prothrombin Time test is so often called as SPA (Stago Prothrombin Assay), although that is only a commercial name of PT reagent.
