Omega Diagnostics gets green light

Scottish medical testing kit maker Omega Diagnostics has seen all resolutions passed at its annual shareholder meeting.

The Aim-listed firm yesterday said investors had approved the acquisition of a European allergy testing business, unveiled last month, together with a share placing to raise 7.75 million before expenses.

Alva-based Omega recently unveiled a 53 per cent rise in underlying pre-tax profit to 403,000 in the six months to end-September.