Thermo Fisher Scientific : New Immunoassay for Specific Detection of Hydrocodone and the Major Metabolites
October 28, 2014 at 05:01 pm EDT
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FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science and a leading provider of drugs of abuse testing solutions, announces today the official launch of the new Thermo Scientific DRI Hydrocodone/Hydromorphone Assay. The new assay is a homogeneous enzyme immunoassay that specifically detects hydrocodone and major metabolites in human urine at a 300 ng/mL cut-off. The assay utilizes liquid ready-to-use reagents, calibrators and controls, and can be run in qualitative and semi-quantitative modes. The assay has ≥100% cross-reactivity to the major metabolites hydromorphone and hydromorphone glucuronide. DRI Hydrocodone / Hydromorphone Assay demonstrated good correlation with LC-MS/MS and has excellent assay precision. It is a sensitive, specific and easy-to-use screening tool for hydrocodone and major metabolites in urine samples. This assay is "For Criminal Justice and Forensic Use Only".
Hydrocodone, a semi-synthetic opioid, is an antitussive (cough suppressant) and narcotic analgesic agent for the treatment of moderate to severe pain. Hydrocodone is the most frequently prescribed opiate in the United States. There are several hundred brand name and generic combinations of hydrocodone products marketed.®, Lortab®).
"Vicodin" is a registered trademark of Abbvie Inc. Corporation. . "Lortab" is a registered trademark of UCB Pharma Inc. All other trademarks are the property of Thermo Fisher Scientific and its subsidiaries.
About Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with revenues of $17 billion and 50,000 employees in 50 countries. Our mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We help our customers accelerate life sciences research, solve complex analytical challenges, improve patient diagnostics and increase laboratory productivity. Through our four premier brands - Thermo Scientific, Life Technologies, Fisher Scientific and Unity Lab Services - we offer an unmatched combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and comprehensive support. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. specializes in the design, manufacturing and marketing of laboratory and scientific equipments. Net sales (including intragroup) break down by family of products as follows:
- laboratory equipments (70%). Moreover, the group proposes chemical products (reagents, solvent, salts, etc.), consumable products (tubes, funnels, vials, etc.), as well as conditioning, warehousing, storage, etc.;
- diagnostics equipment and products (15.3%);
- scientific analysis equipments (14.7%): analyzer (of water, gas, grounds, etc.), mass spectrometers, molecular spectroscopes, microscopes, manometers, samplers, microbiology equipments, reactive agents, etc.
Net sales break down by source of income into products sales (78.5%) and services (21.5%).
Net sales break down geographically as follows: North America (53%), Europe (25.7%), Asia-Pacific (18.1%) and others (3.2%).
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