Diagnostic test company merges with California firm

RPS Diagnostics, a Sarasota-based commercial developer, manufacturer and marketer of diagnostic tests, has merged with a company in Carlsbad, Calif.

The merger, of RPS and diagnostic development firm Lumos Diagnostics, forms a combined company that will be known as Lumos Diagnostics. Dr. Robert Sambursky, president and CEO of RPS Diagnostics, will serve as president and CEO for the new combined company, which will maintain an operating headquarters in Sarasota. Lumos is a subsidiary of Planet Innovation, based in Australia.