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Oncology

Test menu

A broad test menu including safety, esoteric and custom assays to meet the demands of your clinical program

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Discipline
Methodology
Example biomarkers / assays
 
Safety testing hematology/coagulation, special chemistry/urinalysis
  • Enzymatic analysis
  • Colorimetry
  • Turbidimetry
  • Spectrophotometry
  • Automated cell counting
  • Conductivity and light scatter
  • Chromatography
  • Routine chemistry (including serum factors for TLS)
  • Renal function (eGFR, creatinine, cystatin C)
  • Hepatic function (ALT/AST, bilirubin)
  • Urinalysis
  • Endocrinology
  • Thyroid function
  • CBC with WBC differential
  • Reticulocytes
  • HbA1c
  • Prothrombin time, aPTT, fibrinogen
 
Anatomic and molecular pathology
  • Tissue processing (FFPE, TMAs)
  • Confirmatory diagnosis
  • Immunohistochemistry, including H-score, tumor proportion scores, and other assay-specific scoring algorithms
  • ISH/FISH/Dual ISH
  • Molecular mutation assays
  • Digital pathology:  Slide scanning, image repository with sponsor portals, image analysis, diagnostic algorithm development
  • Special histologic stains
  • Companion and Complementary Diagnostics
  • Lung panel:  ALK, EGFR, ROS1, MET
  • Breast panel:  ER, PR, HER2, HER3, pEGFR, pHER2, pHER3, PTEN, FOXP3
  • Hematopathology panel: CD19-23, CD45, CD3-5, CD8, CD10, CD30, CD34, BCL2, BCL6, MUM1, Ki67, Kappa, Lambda, CD47, CD56, CD68, CD79, CD117, CD138
  • PD-L1 markers: 22c3, 28-8, SP263, SP142
  • ISH/FISH/Dual ISH assays: ALK, ROS1, HER2 (breast and gastric carcinoma, other tumor types), EGFR, PIK3CA, CLL panel, FGF19, FGFR1/EBER ISH, MET Dual ISH, HPV CISH
  • Mutations: PIK3CA, EGFR, HGF, ROS1, KRAS, BRAF
  • Assorted Markers (not comprehensive):  Nectin, Claudin 18, MUC 17, FGFR2b, B7-H3, PAX-5, PAX-8, TROP2, LAG-3, STAT5, SOX10, AMACR, p16, p63
 
Immunoassay
  • Manual or automated ELISA
  • Multiplex ELISA (bead-based detection, biochips), including ultra low-volume, low-level detection
  • Immunogenicity assays
  • Soluble tumor antigens (CA-125, CA-15-3, CA-19, CEA, HE4)
  • Inflammatory and angiogenesis panels
  • (e.g., IFNα TNF-α, IL1β IFNγ, VEGFs, Ang-2, etc.)
  • Oncoproteins/ligands: HGF, FGFs, SCF, neuregulins, soluble receptors (VEGFR, FGFRs, sHER2)
 
Flow cytometry

Standardized next generation platforms - Harmonized, redundant instrumentation with standardized settings to ensure data consistency

  • 3L (V-B-R) BD FACS Canto, transitioning to 3L (V-B-R) BD FACS Lyric
  • 5L (UV-V-B-Y/G-R) Cytek Aurora

Broad applicability across indication and therapeutic modality

Immunophenotyping

  • Therapeutic target phenotyping and quantitation for biologics (mABS, BsAB, TsABS, ADC) or cell therapies
  • Immune subset phenotyping based on predicted drug MOA

Target engagement

  • RO assays for biologics (mABS, BsAB, TsABS, ADC)
  • Protein phosphorylation/inhibition/degradation for small molecules or ADCs

Pharmacokinetics

  • CAR-T/CAR-NK/CAR-MAC, TCR-T phenotyping and quantitation

Measurable/minimal residual disease

  • MM, BCP-ALL, AML, CLL MRD Panels
 
Genomics
  • Next-generation sequencing (from blood, bone marrow, FFPE, or frozen tissue)
  • Bioinformatics and pipeline development
  • Germline and Somatic Genotyping
  • CLIA NGS Comprehensive Tumor Profiling Panels
  • Digital PCR
  • High multiplex gene expression analysis (PCR and Nanostring)
  • RNA sequencing
  • Whole Genome / Whole Exome sequencing
  • Custom Targeted gene sequencing panels
  • Single Cell RNA Sequencing
  • Spatial transcriptional profiling