January 2024—Biocare Medical has introduced the IntelliÂPath+ advanced staining instrument, intended for in vitro diagnostic use and redesigned with input from users and the latest technological advancements. It is an open system that accommodates continuous random access with immediate stat capabilities and can process 50 slides per run.
Read More »Biocare unveils Oncore Pro IVD platform for IHC, ISH
Jan. 11, 2021–Biocare Medical released its Oncore Pro fully automated slide staining system, a compact, benchtop instrument that performs immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization procedures on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues.
Read More »Biocare launches seven IVD antibodies
May 2020—Biocare Medical launched seven novel IVD IHC antibody markers for clinical diagnostics and research applications. This launch focuses on several immuno-oncology markers, critical in aiding early-stage cancer drug developments and patient treatment.
Read More »Biocare Medical launches seven IVD antibodies
March 27, 2020—Biocare Medical launched seven novel IVD IHC antibody markers for clinical diagnostics and research applications. This launch focuses on several immuno-oncology markers, critical in aiding early-stage cancer drug developments and patient treatment.
Read More »Biocare Medical launches IVD monoclonal antibody
Biocare Medical released a mouse monoclonal antibody, p16 INK4a, for in vitro diagnostic use in the qualitative identification of the p16 INK4a protein by immunohistochemistry in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded human tissues.
Read More »IHC antibody, 11/15
November 2015—Biocare Medical announced the availability of CK HMW + p63 + AMACR (RM) as an in vitro diagnostic double stain for multiplex immunohistochemistry. This patented antibody cocktail may be useful in the evaluation of normal prostate glands, prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia, and prostatic adenocarcinoma.
Read More »Monoclonal antibody patent issued
January 2015—Biocare Medical has been awarded a U.S. patent for its anti-PAX8 mouse monoclonal antibody, clone [BC12]. The PAX8 antibody [BC12] is designed to target a restricted epitope and exhibits higher specificity and provides sharper staining than the PAX8 rabbit polyclonal antibody.
Read More »Patent issued for ERG monoclonal antibody, 11/14
November 2014—The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine has been awarded a patent in the U.S. and Europe for ERG monoclonal antibodies. The patent is pending in Australia, Canada, and Japan.
Read More »Patent awarded for multiplex IHC technology, 8/14
August 2014—Biocare Medical was issued a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its PIN-4 (CK5/14 + P63 + P504S) multiplex immunohistochemistry technology.
Read More »Automated slide staining system, 7/14
July 2014—Biocare Medical expanded its automated instrumentation offering with the Oncore Automated Slide Staining System. The Oncore is a compact benchtop instrument that performs both immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization tests on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues.
Read More »Monoclonal SOX10 antibody, 5/14
May 2014—Biocare Medical released a mouse monoclonal SOX10 antibody. SOX10 is expressed in 97 to 100 percent of desmoplastic and spindle cell melanomas and in 100 percent of nevi.
Read More »ASI, Biocare partnership, 2/14
February 2014—Applied Spectral Imaging (ASI) and Biocare Medical signed a partnership agreement in which Biocare will distribute ASI’s IHC and CISH imaging and analysis solution, GenASIs Pathology, in the United States. The agreement brings to cytopathology and anatomic pathology laboratories a fully integrated solution that improves quality while providing workflow efficiencies.
Read More »Supernova antibodies, 8/13:86
Biocare Medical’s Supernova antibodies contain a higher antibody concentration than standard predilutes. Clients now have the option of preserving limited tissue specimens while still providing multi-antigen identification in about the same time as an antibody cocktail. This is achieved using Supernova antibodies in sequential incubations combined with Biocare’s double stain detection. Unique cocktails can also be created with ease as ...
Read More »Uroplakin II antibody IVD, 7/13:104
Biocare Medical’s uroplakin II mouse monoclonal antibody (IVD) is now available. Studies have shown UP II mRNA to be expressed in bladder cancer tissues and the peripheral blood of patients with primary and metastatic urothelial carcinoma. Pathologists have used uroplakin III [AU1] to establish urothelial origin of the bladder; however, use of UP III is limited owing to its poor ...
Read More »Mouse monoclonal antibody p40, 5/13:84
Medical’s highly specific p40 mouse monoclonal anti-p40 [BC28] demonstrated similar sensitivity and specificity to the company’s rabbit polyclonal p40, staining 97 percent (65/67) of cases of lung squamous cell carcinoma and zero percent (0/71) cases of lung adenocarcinoma, in an in-house study. In addition, the antibody has significantly less background and does not stain macrophages.
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