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Singulex: Next-Gen Immunodiagnostics

 
• By Peter Charlish

Singulex originally developed its Single Molecule Counting technology for research applications, but it is poised to launch a clinical diagnostics tool that incorporates the highly sensitive technology.

Singulex Inc., the privately held immunodiagnostics company based in Alameda, CA, is close to market launch of its Clarity in vitro diagnostic system. The fully automated platform is designed to bring the benefits of the company’s Single Molecule Counting (SMC) technology to hospital and reference laboratories.

Singulex bills its SMC technology as “the backbone of next generation immunodiagnostics, because it offers “unprecedented sensitivity and dynamic range in the precision measurement of biomarkers,” including proteins and nucleic acids. The company is already offering its SMC technology to clinicians through its state-of-the-art CLIA/CAP/NY-accredited clinical laboratory, which was set up at Singulex’s global headquarters in California in 2010. The lab provides physicians with data on cardiovascular and inflammatory biomarkers, allowing them to assess patients for risk of developing cardiovascular disease

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