Hycor Biomedical Inc.: The Irvine provider of...

Hycor Biomedical Inc.: The Irvine provider of medical diagnostic products incurred a first-quarter net loss of $144,000, or 2 cents a share, contrasted with profit of $68,000, or 1 cent a share, for the 1996 first quarter. Revenue declined 13% to $4.6 million from $5.3 million. Last year’s figures included $900,000 in sales of products that have since been discontinued.