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Horizon Discovery Introduces OncoSpan, the World’s Largest DNA Multiplex Reference Standard for Oncology

24 Sept 2017
Matthew Mcardle

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Horizon Discovery, a global leader in gene editing and gene modulation technologies, has announced the launch of OncoSpan, a novel cell line-derived multiplex DNA Reference Standard to support the validation of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) assays.

  • OncoSpan features the largest gene coverage of any oncology reference standard
  • Allows the most comprehensive validation of oncology gene panels and large-scale exome sequencing assays
  • OncoSpan is supplied with free-of-charge access to online NGS validation and quality control (QC) tool OncoMatic

OncoSpan, the world’s largest multiplexed oncology control, featuring 385 variants across 152 key cancer genes, has been specially designed using bioinformatics and droplet digital PCR, to help drive faster, easier, and more complete validation of oncology gene panels and exome sequencing assays. Horizon’s expert team has extensively characterized the background genome of OncoSpan using high coverage exome sequencing, which is provided to customers as batch-specific exome sequence data.

Horizon is, for the first time, also offering an online companion NGS QC solution called OncoMatic, developed in partnership with Euformatics to support the large amount of data generated through OncoSpan. Access to OncoMatic will be provided free-of-charge to all OncoSpan customers. The platform enables customers to upload OncoSpan NGS data after sequencing, automatically assessing the called variants, reporting on variant frequency data, and tracking several different quality metrics per sample.

The combination of OncoSpan and OncoMatic thereby provide access to the most accurate Reference Standard truth set for use during the establishment and validation of critical NGS bioinformatics pipelines, saving costs and helping to maintain compliance with standards such as those set by the College of American Pathology (CAP) and EuroGentest.

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