Press Release

• New diagnostic capability for both virus and antibody detection
• COVID-19 testing is becoming the standard in clinical trials outside of COVID-19 research

• LKF is a global medical laboratory providing all analyses for clinical development

• State government declares LKF to be of systemic importance and essential for the protection of the population

Over 1200 employees, interesting tasks in a future-oriented industry in the FOOD, ENVIRONMENT and PHARMA sector, a worldwide network, 23 locations and start-ups for online services. Take a look behind the scenes of the GBA Group: in our laboratories, at our locations, in our home offices.

Corona has changed our world - especially now a balanced diet in the home office is important. For supplementation, dietary supplements are often used in addition. These can have a positive effect on our health and well-being, backed up by various studies.
But are they really also the right supporters of health or can they also be harmful?

ABF Pharmaceutical Services GmbH has been classified as "critical infrastructure" by the Federal Chancellery of Austria. This is based on the EU Directive 2008/114/EC, which defines the criteria according to which such infrastructure is identified and designated - namely, when a facility or part of a facility is "essential for maintaining important societal functions, health, safety, security and the economic or social well-being of the population and the disruption or destruction of which would have a significant impact because its functions could not be maintained". On the basis of this guideline, the Federal Chancellery and the Ministry of the Interior have drawn up a master plan for 2014 to ensure security of supply in key areas of society. The importance of ABF for the possibility of conducting clinical studies has now led to such a classification.

The current situation demands a great deal of us. The corona virus has brought many things to a standstill that we took for granted in our everyday lives, e.g. hotels, shops, schools, kindergartens, fitness studios, clubhouses, holiday apartments and much more. But what do you, as the owner of such a facility, have to consider in terms of hygiene when you reopen your facility?