Bladder cancer is the ninth most commonly diagnosed cancer in the world with an estimated 430 000 new cases reported in 2012. Men are more than three times more likely to get bladder cancer than women. Smoking is a major cause of bladder cancer. Exposure to industrial...
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What is cytokeratins?
Cancer affects everyone the young and old, the rich and poor, men, women and children and represents a tremendous burden on patients, families and societies. Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the world. Normal cells are constantly dividing, but in...
Patent approved in Europe
During 2015 the patent Method for detection of cytokeratin 8, 18 and/or 19 and/or soluble fragments thereof was approved in Sweden. In September 2017 the patent was approved in China. The patent has now also been approved in Europe and is valid until 2034.
Positive results for TPS®
Results from a Czech Republic study. Breast cancer represents 24 % of all cancer occurring in women. Breast cancer is the most common malignancy and the second most frequent cause of death by cancer in women. Although the incidence rate of breast cancer has been...
Positive results for UBC® Rapid in an Austrian study
International Journal of Medical Sciences has published an Austrian study with UBC® Rapid performed at the Department of Urology, Medical University of Innsbruck. Urinary samples were analyzed by cytology, UBC® Rapid and NMP22 BladderChek® test. The results from this...
UBC® Rapid is recommended to be added in the diagnostics of high grade bladder cancer tumours
Results from a published multicenter study The results from a German multicenter study were published in the latest issue of Tumor Biology. Principal investigator was Dr Thorsten Ecke at the Department of Urology, HELIOS Hospital, Bad Saarow. Urine samples were...
Positive results for UBC® Rapid in a Swedish multicenter study
The study published in Scandinavian Journal of Urology (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28422550) was conducted at four Swedish hospitals; Uppsala University Hospital, Danderyds hospital, Enköping Hospital and Umeå University Hospital. Principal investigators was...
New interesting findings for the tumor marker UBC® Rapid
Result from a new German multicenter study At this years EAU (European Association of Urology) meeting in Munich, March 11-15, a German multi-center study on UBC® Rapid was presented. Responsible for the study was Dr Thorsten Ecke, Helios Hospital,...
TUBEX® is getting wider recognition and awareness – Now on social Media.
TUBEX® is getting wider recognition and awareness Now on social Media. As an example has one of our partners, PT. Pacific Biotekindo Intralab during the autumn organized a photo contest named TUBEX® & Me among the users of TUBEX® TF in Indonesia....
MonoTotal ELISA has been CE marked in accordance with the European IVD Directive
IDL Biotech tumor marker MonoTotal® ELISA has been registered by the Swedish Medical Product Agency for the use in the EU. MonoTotal® is used for diagnosis, prognosis and therapy monitoring of lung cancer. MonoTotal® has previously only been...









