
Randox Laboratories Founded
Randox Laboratories Limited is founded by Dr Peter FitzGerald in April 1982

Reagents in the early years
Consisted of AST, ALT, ALP, CK-NAC, Gamma GT, LDH and HBDH, all of which are still produced today



Visit from Northern Ireland Government Minister for Economic Development
- Northern Ireland Institute of Export Award
- SMART Award
- Northern Ireland Export Award
- Export Award for Smaller Businesses
- National Westminster Bank/DTI Travel Award for Shop Floor Worker


Visit to a now long-standing customer in Syria, the first of many international visits
- National Westminster Bank/DTI Travel Award for Shop Floor Worker
- Better Made in Britain Award
- SMART Award


1st Queen’s Award for Export Achievement
- European Business of the Year Award
- Gallagher Business Challenge Award





Visit to Iraq secured another of our now many international partners. Today we still supply products to Iraq
- Opening of office in Germany
- Accredited to ISO 9002
- SMART Award



Mrs FitzGerald is awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE), for services to business in Northern Ireland
- Opening of offices in Slovakia, Czech Republic, Spain and the United States of America




We extended our headquarters to facilitate increasing manufacturing demands
- Accredited to ISO 9001
- 4th Queen’s Award for Enterprise


Launch of the first biochip analyser, Evidence
- Completion of the development of Biochip Array Technology
- Opening of office in China
- RIQAS accredited with UKAS approval, the International accreditation for the provision of proficiency testing programmes


Launch of our first clinical chemistry analyser, RX daytona
- Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award for the Evidence analyser
- The Evidence analyser was displayed for a year in the London Science museum after winning the prestigious MacRobert Award
- Accredited to ISO 13485
- Launch of Acusera 24-7 Internal Quality Control (IQC) peer group reporting package
- Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award for the Evidence analyser


Launch of the second biochip analyser, Evidence Investigator
- Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year 2004




Confederation of British Industry Growing Business Award
- Chartered Institute of Marketing Award
- Chamber of Commerce Regional Award
- Chamber of Commerce Regional Award
- Frost & Sullivan European Technology Innovation of the Year Award
- Northern Ireland International Trade Award
- 5th Queen’s Award for Enterprise International Trade award


The opening of our site in Dungloe, County Donegal for analyser manufacture and Research & Development
- Belfast Telegraph Northern Ireland Business Awards


Launch of the third biochip analyser, Evidence MultiStat which was designed to bring testing to the bedside or site of patient care
- UTV Business Personality of the Year Award - Dr Peter FitzGerald outright winner
- South Antrim Business Awards
- Manufacturing Excellence Awards
- Invest NI Innovation & Export Awards
- We were honoured with a second Royal visit by HRH Prince Andrew
- Total re-branding programme to Randox corporate identity incorporating a red dot symbolising a drop of blood


Launch of the fourth biochip analyser, Evidence Evolution
- International Trade Company of the Year Award
- Exporting Achievement Award
- Opening of a new facility in West Virginia, USA to expand our manufacturing and distribution capabilities
- Randox Health Checks Limited was launched in Northern Ireland bringing health screening to the public
- Marketing Excellence Award: Manufacturing Sector


Dr Peter FitzGerald is appointed as Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), for services to business in Northern Ireland
- Launch of the fourth clinical chemistry analyser, RX suzuka
- Opening of a 30,000 square feet facility in Bangalore, India
- Launch of two new companies


Randox Health Checks opens in the centre of London
- Randoc Health open a state of the art facility to provide a top class testing service which offers a comprehensive picture of health
- Launch of the fifth clinical chemistry analyser, RX daytona plus


Randox Biosciences Created
- Randox invests £15 million in R&D ‘Roadmap’ to target the international personalised medicine market




Randox unveils Evidence MultiSTAT Analyser
- Randox launches the fully automated immunoanalyser which enables on-site simultaneous detection of up to 44 analytes from a single sample
- ApoE4 test produced which detects Alzheimer’s risk in 3 hours


Randox announced as headline sponsor of Randox Health Grand National
- Randox announce a 5 year partnership with the world’s greatest race,
- Randox announces that from its inception in 1982 the global healthcare company has now surpassed £1 billion of total sales in medical diagnostic products, cementing itself as a global market leader in diagnostic goods.
- Official opening of Randox Health Holywood Clinic


Partnership with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Announced
- Randox Biosciences and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute celebrate success of Transatlantic Partnership in extensive research into life sciences.
- £7m Biomedical Engineering Laboratory with Ulster University
- Antimicrobial Array I receives AOAC Certification


European partnership with French biotech company Transgene, which aims to develop a game-changing therapy for cancer treatments
- ‘Anti-cancer weapons’ developed in innovative partnership between Randox and Transgene
- Randox Food Diagnostics unveil Infiniplex for Milk


£50m Centres of Excellence launched with Invest NI
- A record £50 million investment which will deliver cutting-edge technologies to diagnose several conditions in collaboration with invest NI
- Randox announces strategic partnership with Qnostics
- £5m Industrial PhD Academy with ulster University
- Official opening of Randox Health Liverpool


Randox innovations showcased at Goodwood Future Lab
- Current and futuristic developments showcased at Goodwood displaying how current and future critical health risks can be identified through detailed analysis of blood
- Dr FitzGerald named as Irish Times Business Person of the Month
- Dr FitzGerald receives Business Relations Award from Ireland-US Council


New test developed for accurate differentiation of stroke types
- The ground-breaking new test which has a unique ability to differentiate between ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke, the Randox Stroke Biochip takes less than 30 minutes to complete – making sure patients get the right diagnosis as fast as possible.
- RX Daytona+ achieves FDA 510K clearance
- Randox Food named as Top 10 European Food and Beverage Technology Solution Provider


Randox playing integral role in UK Government’s national COVID-19 testing programme
- Randox are playing a leading role within the fight against the COVID-19 global pandemic, as an integral part of the national testing programme Randox have invested £30m in a new COVID-19 testing laboratory at the Randox Science Park in Northern Ireland.
- CE Marking for 10-Plex STI Array, Quickly and efficiently testing for multiple STIs, which often have mild symptoms if any at all, ensures early diagnosis at a stage when treatment is most successful, supports the targeted use of antibiotics, and ultimately reduces their mishandling


Randox unveils SARS-CoV-2 antibody test to determine previous COVID-19 infection
Randox launch new SARS-CoV-2 IgG test, utilising patented Randox Biochip Technology to simultaneously detect IgG antibodies that are reactive to both of the leading COVID-19 diagnostic antigens – Spike Receptor Binding Domain (RBD) and Nucleocapsid protein (NP) , and superior to other commercially available COVID-19 IgG tests.

Covid Travel Testing
Randox launch travel testing service at key airport locations across the UK and Ireland, offering rapid PCR tests for those who require a negative test before travelling. The service delivers test results within 48 hours of sample receipt, to provide passengers with a cost-effective, fast and reliable COVID-19 testing service prior to their travels.

New 39-minute COVID test is now available on Randox-Bosch Vivalytic
Point of care platform brought to market by Randox Laboratories and Bosch delivers the world’s fastest PCR based SARS-CoV-2 test results in 39 minutes with a sensitivity of 98 percent and a specificity of 100 percent. Available now in Europe, the CE-approved test, helps avoid time in quarantine, relieve laboratories, and make travel and work safer again.

Mobile COVID-19 Labs
Randox launch Mobile COVID-19 Labs for workplace testing. The service offers rapid and reliable COVID-19 testing to workplaces with capability to process up to 1000 samples per day.

Randox extends Grand National Festival Sponsorship for a further five years
Randox secured an agreement with The Jockey Club for a five-year extension to the sponsorship of the world’s greatest steeplechase, The Grand National, and the three-day Grand National Festival staged at Aintree Racecourse.