Woman's World reports on the new research about the PrecivityAD2 test, which involves a single blood draw sample and then uses high-resolution mass spectrometry to precisely measure proteins in the blood that indicate the likelihood of amyloid plaques in the brain. These amyloid plaques are a pathological hallmark of #Alzheimer’s disease. The test relies on a rigorously-validated algorithm that combines plasma Aβ42/40 and p-tau217/np-tau217 (%p-tau217) ratios. The test provides clear answers with positive or negative results that reflect a high or low likelihood of the presence of brain amyloid pathology. https://lnkd.in/gCdxyRfb #womansworld #Alzheimersdisease #bloodtest #liquidbiopsy
C2N Diagnostics
Biotechnology Research
St Louis, Missouri 6,710 followers
Fierce Medtech named C2N one of its Fierce 15 for 2020; "one of the most promising private companies in the industry.”
About us
C₂N Diagnostics’ vision is to bring Clarity Through Innovation™. It focuses its therapeutic discovery efforts around mechanism-based approaches to prevent or stop the progression of human neurological disorders. Diagnostic efforts revolve around bringing accurate, widely accessible, and cost-effective blood tests to the clinic for the betterment of patient care and brain health monitoring. Its lead commercial product, the PrecivityAD™ blood test, is a mass spectrometry-based test performed in C₂N’s CLIA-certified lab that measures in blood multiple analytes including Aβ42, Aβ40, and apolipoprotein E isoforms. While the test by itself cannot diagnose Alzheimer’s disease — which is a clinical diagnosis made by a health care provider — the test is an important new tool for physicians to aid in the evaluation process. PrecivityAD™, which can only be ordered through a health care provider, predicts brain amyloid plaques as determined by PET scan results and in 2019 it received a Breakthrough Device Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The PrecivityAD™ blood test also has achieved the CE Mark from the European Union. For more information visit www.C2N.com.
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- Biotechnology Research
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- 51-200 employees
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- St Louis, Missouri
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Did you see the Axios Vitals coverage of the recent news? It highlights the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) publishing a large clinical study examining the ability of C2N Diagnostics’ PrecivityAD2™ blood test to improve the diagnostic accuracy of Alzheimer’s disease in specialized memory care and the primary care setting. https://lnkd.in/dSvqG-49 #Alzheimersdisease #FDA #Axios #JAMA #healthstudy
Blood tests may have an edge spotting Alzheimer's
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The awareness and visibility of C2N’s Precivity™ blood tests continue to grow! National Geographic has published details about the clinical study showing that the PrecivityAD2™ blood test markedly improves the accuracy of #Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis in specialized memory care and the primary care setting. The research, originally published in the Journal of American Medical Association, explained that the PrecivityAD2 test delivered a highly statistically significant accuracy of over 90% at a pre-defined, single binary cutoff compared to cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis or amyloid PET analysis. #NationalGeographic #NatGeo #Alzheimersdisease #precisionmedicine #research #JAMA https://archive.ph/lIONj
New Alzheimer’s blood tests could accelerate diagnosis time
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A New Paradigm in the Detection of Amyloid Pathology: The Emergence of Highly Accurate Blood Tests, Upcoming Webinar Hosted by Xtalks Join Joel Braunstein, MD, MBA, CEO and co-founder of C2N Diagnostics and Gil Rabinovici, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Neurology, Memory & Aging Center, UCSF on Wednesday, Sept. 4 at Noon EDT for this free webinar. Attendees will gain insights from the Imaging Dementia – Evidence of Amyloid Scanning (IDEAS) study, which examines the real-world performance and utility of amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) scans in a prospective clinical care study involving Medicare beneficiaries with cognitive impairment. Attendees will learn about the PrecivityAD2™ blood test performance compared to PET scans and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tests for the evaluation of amyloid pathology in patients presenting with signs or symptoms of mild cognitive impairment or dementia. The speakers will discuss the importance of pathological biomarker ratios in mitigating differences in quantitative measurements related to age, sex, ethnicity, race and comorbidities. Register at https://lnkd.in/ei7vwjV2 #Alzheimersdisease #brainamyloid #precisionmedicine #webinar #Xtalks #bloodtests
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National Institutes of Health highlights the landmark study about the PrecivityAD2™ blood test that healthcare providers use to help diagnosis Alzheimer’s disease. NIH Research Matters states: “The researchers used a test called PrecivityAD2. This measures the ratio of two types of amyloid beta as well as the proportion of tau made up of a specific type called p-tau217*. “Across all the participants, the blood test predicted a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease with 88% to 92% accuracy. Further analysis found that measuring the proportion of p-tau217* alone yielded results similar to using both measures. “The blood test performed far better than clinical evaluations done without biomarker-based testing.” *The PrecivityAD2™ blood test provides the %p-tau217 (p-tau217 / np-tau217) value. NIH partly funded the study. https://lnkd.in/eXeGTm-g #NIH #research #NationalInstituresofHealth #precisionmedicine #Alzheimers
Accurate blood test for Alzheimer’s disease
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A New Paradigm in the Detection of Amyloid Pathology: The Emergence of Highly Accurate Blood Tests, Upcoming Webinar Hosted by Xtalks Join Joel Braunstein, MD, MBA, CEO and co-founder of C2N Diagnostics and Gil Rabinovici, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Neurology, Memory & Aging Center, UCSF on Wednesday, Sept. 4 at Noon EDT for this free webinar. Attendees will gain insights from the Imaging Dementia – Evidence of Amyloid Scanning (IDEAS) study, which examines the real-world performance and utility of amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) scans in a prospective clinical care study involving Medicare beneficiaries with cognitive impairment. Attendees will learn about the PrecivityAD2™ blood test performance compared to PET scans and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tests for the evaluation of amyloid pathology in patients presenting with signs or symptoms of mild cognitive impairment or dementia. The speakers will discuss the importance of pathological biomarker ratios in mitigating differences in quantitative measurements related to age, sex, ethnicity, race and comorbidities. Register at https://lnkd.in/ei7vwjV2 #Alzheimersdisease #brainamyloid #precisionmedicine #webinar #Xtalks #bloodtests
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The Journal of the American Medical Association recently published research about C2N Diagnostics’ PrecivityAD2™ blood test. The article highlights how the PrecivityAD2 test markedly improves the accuracy of Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis in primary care and specialized memory care. In fact, the researchers found that the PrecivityAD2 test output, known as Amyloid Probability Score 2, demonstrated an accuracy at or above 90% for the total pooled cohort. https://lnkd.in/dtz86JV8 https://lnkd.in/ePBc_4Ca #Alzheimersdisease #JAMA #research #brainamyloid #precisionmedicine #AAIC24
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Big Alzheimer’s disease diagnostics news: C2N Diagnostics is teaming up with Unilabs to expand access of the Precivity™ blood tests to 75+ countries. This is on an exclusive basis in the European Union and in all European countries, including Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The agreement will also provide access in Peru, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. C2N CEO Joel Braunstein, MD said, “We believe this collaboration allows for the acceleration of equitable access to the highest quality blood biomarkers that can aid in the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. To date, we’ve secured other international arrangements, and now, we’re very proud to enter this multi-faceted strategic affiliation with Unilabs, an organization that places a premium on quality in testing and in personalized diagnostics for Alzheimer’s disease.” https://lnkd.in/eyfdqYGH #Alzheimers #Healthcare #PublicHealth #MedicalResearch #Unilabs #partnership #Alzheimersdisease #bloodtest
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You don’t want to miss the presentation of Alicia Algeciras-Schimnich, PhD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, at today’s 2024 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) in Philadelphia on Effect of kidney function on plasma pTau217 concentrations using different pTau217 assays 10:50 – 11:00 a.m. EDT, 118 ABC And there are more sessions that include the use C2N's tests and services! See the full schedule at https://lnkd.in/eRZdfJBA #AAIC2024 #AAIC #AAIC24
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CEO Joel Braunstein, MD spoke at the AAIC Product Theater Wednesday about C2N's Pursuit of Transforming the Diagnostic Odyssey #AAIC24 #AAIC2024