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Of standards and armored RNA
January 2011
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According to Rollie Carlson, Asuragen's president, this
effort is intended to aid laboratories with standardization of BCR-ABL1 RT-qPCR
testing to the International Scale.
"Our development of the BCR-ABL1 RNA IS Calibrators and
software tool leverages both our expertise in molecular diagnostics assay
development and our proprietary Armored RNA technology," says Carlson. "We are
pleased to be working with Novartis in order to develop a standardization of
BCR-ABL1 molecular testing for the entire global testing community."
Under the terms of this agreement, if Asuragen is successful
in the development efforts, it will distribute both the ARQ BCR-ABL1 IS RNA
Calibrators and the software reporting tools to laboratories globally.
Such
distribution will be either directly from Asuragen or through its distributors
or both, Carlson notes.
The BCR-ABL1 RNA IS Calibrators are intended to be
compatible with several widely used assays, including both commercially
available and laboratory-developed tests.
The software reporting tool is expected to help standardize
how BCR-ABL1 RT-qPCR results are reported according to the IS.
Carlson notes that his company's Armored RNA products in
general serve as excellent controls for molecular diagnostics, which is quickly
becoming a part of routine clinical laboratory testing.
More big news about Asuragen's BCR/ABL1 testing abilities
came back in mid-July 2010, with reports that Asuragen and Life Technologies
Corp. achieved CE-marking and commercial launch in Europe of the BCR/ABL1 Quant
Test, Asuragen's clinically validated and cGMP manufactured test intended to
aid clinicians in the monitoring and treatment of individuals afflicted with
chronic myeloid leukemia.
Asuragen manufacturers the monitoring test, which is
exclusively distributed by Life Technologies and runs on the company's Applied
Biosystems CE-marked 7500 Fast Dx Real-Time PCR Instrument.
"The BCR/ABL1 Quant Test provides several advantages over current
methods by enabling multiplex detection of all targets in a single reaction and
providing unmatched standardization through the use of our proprietary Armored
RNA Quant technology for external calibrators and process controls," Carlson
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