Developing Immunoassays: Evolution of Techniques, Commercial Tools, and IVD Immunoassays connects fundamental knowledge to real-world applications in regulated and unregulated industry settings. The book describes key methods and regulatory standards for building immunoassays in the IVD market. The book will serve as a useful reference to experienced developers and will allow students and those who are new to the field to build immunoassays even with little prior knowledge.
Immunoassay research suffers from a lack of cohesion between academia and industrial development. Academic study of immunoassays is not well-aligned with modern and industrial development, leading to high inconsistency. Likewise, industrial developers often lack a holistic understanding of how the tests work.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Immunoassay Fundamentals 1. Immunoassays 2. Analytes and Antigens: Fundamental Understanding 3. Antibodies 4. Detector/Reporter Reagents: Enzymes, Tags, Beads 5. Surfaces and Surface Blockers 6. Immobilization and Conjugation
Part 2: Guide to Develop Antibodies
Part 3: Guide to Develop Immunoassay 7. Characterizing Analyte and Antibodies 8. Surface blocking and Cross-reactivity 9. Analyte-Antibody Interactions 10. Antibody Pairing 11. Sandwich Assay 12. Reagent Designing and Formulations 13. Matrix Compliance 14. Verification 15. Pilot Scale 16. Qualification 17. Validation 18. Immunoassay Formats ELISA, Cell-based Assays, FACS, ICC, IHC
Part 4: Technology and Automation 18. Technologies: Agilent, Bio-Techne, Singulex, Thermo-Luminex, Quanterix, MSD, Roche, BD, Beckman Coulter 19. Automation: Tecan, Hamilton, Dynex, Siemens, Abbott, Randox, Bioscale, BioTek, Gyros, Hudson Robotics, Thermo, Titertek-Berthold
Part 5: IVD Space 20. Design Control 21. Decision Making: Stage/Phase Gating (idea to product launch and life cycle) 22. Regulatory Compliance: FDA, CE, ISO14385, RUO 23. cGMP
Part 6: IVD Immunoassays 24. Molecular Diagnostics MDx Infectious Diseases 25. MDx Small Molecules (Drugs, Toxins, Hormones and others) 26. Companion Diagnostics CDx