Thermo Fisher Scientific Reports the US FDA’s Extended Approval of Freelite Assays for Multiple Myeloma
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- The US FDA has granted extended 510k clearance to Optilite Freelite assays for the assessment of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS), antecedent to multiple myeloma
- Freelite assays are used to diagnose & monitor monoclonal gammopathies by measuring serum kappa and lambda free light chains and detecting small amount of monoclonal FLC proteins that are not identified by serum protein electrophoresis
- The assay has been FDA cleared to diagnose & monitor multiple myeloma, lymphocytic neoplasms, Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia, AL amyloidosis, light chain deposition disease, and connective tissue diseases like systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
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