Industry News: New High Sensitive Hepcidin Immunoassay for Accurate Biomarker Measurement

DRG International, a leading international medical diagnostic company, is introducing the NEW DRG^_® Hepcidin 25 (bioactive) HS (High Sensitive) ELISA Kit (EIA-5782).  As the first of its kind to market, this kit accurately detects bioactive Hepcidin levels as an additional marker to aid in identifying a variety of disorders.

In recent years, a large number of publications identify Hepcidin as a factor in regulating the amount of iron in humans. Unbalanced iron level can lead to many common medical conditions including anemia and iron overload disease, and can occur in chronic kidney disease, inflammation, or diabetes mellitus.

“We at DRG International saw the need for an accurate and easy to use Hepcidin testing kit and are encouraged by the great success that our research customers have seen using the product,” stated Dr. Cyril E. Geacintov, founder, president and CEO of DRG International. “This kit is an important step to meet the rapidly growing worldwide interest in Hepcidin testing and the applications of that testing in the health and wellness community.”

The DRG^® Hepcidin 25 (bioactive) HS ELISA Kit is available worldwide, providing a simple, fast and accurate method to test Hepcidin levels. DRG currently holds 17 US and International active patents on this product. The measurement results of this kit offer more information to help treat medical issues including iron deficiency diseases, which are some of the most common diseases worldwide. The kit is for Research Use Only (RUO) in the United States and is also CE marked.

DRG is confident you will be satisfied with the results of the assay, as our scientists have greatly improved the precision and reliability of this assay over our previous Hepcidin ELISA kits. Please find a list of benefits of the new assay below:

• Better Sensitivity (dilution possible down to 0.153 ng/ml)
• All reagents and standards ready to use
• Incubation steps at room temperature
• No assay buffer or shaking needed
• Total assay time of 2 hours
• Excellent correlation to Mass Spectrometry
• DRG HYE5769 (Hybrid-XL Assay) shows good correlation to EIA5782 (Manual ELISA)
   

Visit the DRG International website to learn more about the new DRG^® Hepcidin 25 (bioactive) HS ELISA Kit