Exhibit 24.1

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

   Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints
each of the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer and the Chief Financial
Officer of IVAX Diagnostics, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("IVD"), and each acting
individually, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and
authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the
undersigned to:

(1)        prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any
amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of IVD, with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any national securities exchanges as
considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended
from time to time (the "Exchange Act");

(2) seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's
behalf, information on transactions in IVD's securities from any third party,
including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the
undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to
the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and

(3) perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such attorney-in-fact are
necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned in connection with the
foregoing.

      The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1)        this Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such
attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such attorney-
in-fact without independent verification of such information;

(2) any documents prepared and/or executed by either such attorney-in-fact on behalf
of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney will be in such
form and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in
his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(3) neither IVD nor any of such attorneys-in-fact assumes: (i) any liability for the
undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements of the Exchange
Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such
requirements or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit
disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

(4) this Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the
Exchange Act, including, without limitation, the reporting requirements under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

   The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that each
such attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.

      This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by
the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each such attorney-in-fact.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 11th day of June, 2009.

/s/ Patrice Debregeas
Patrice Debregeas

[SEAL AND SIGNATURE OF NOTARY PUBLIC LOCATED IN PARIS, FRANCE]

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