Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (Ortho), a global leader of in vitro diagnostics, in collaboration with Diazyme Laboratories, Inc. is offering three new Microtip Partnership Assays to their customers. The Microtip Partnership Assay (MPA) program enables Ortho to validate and offer high value, esoteric testing, in step with the evolving needs of today's labs. Glycated Serum Protein (GSP), Lipoprotein (a) (Lp (a)), and Cystatin C assays allow Ortho to deepen offerings in key disease states: diabetes, cardiac and renal.
"Our MicroTip Partnership Assay program helps us expand our reach in delivering innovative, important new assays to our customers," said Robert Yates, Ortho's chief operating officer. "Ortho is a leader in testing in diabetes, cardiac and renal areas, and the three new assays we announce today further that position and commitment."
The GSP assay enriches and expands Ortho's diabetes menu offering, adding to recent launches of Insulin, C-Peptide and Beta-Hydroxybutyrate (MPA). Glycemic monitoring is critical in the prevention or delay of diabetes related complications and co-morbidities. Lp (a) expands on Ortho's offering of diagnostic cardiac markers as an important test for patients who may have a genetic risk factor for premature cardiovascular disease, including risk-stratification for myocardial infarction and stroke. Cystatin C is a key marker for early diagnosis of chronic kidney disease and complements serum creatinine testing. Combining Cystatin C with serum creatinine can improve the predictive accuracy for all-cause mortality and end-stage renal disease as it is a more sensitive marker in the "creatinine blind range" in kidney testing.
The assays will initially be launched in the United States, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
