Nanopia® e TDM Methotrexate For Immediate Release

April 22, 2014
Sekisui Medical Co., Ltd.

"Nanopia® e TDM Methotrexate", a Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) reagent, is now available from Sekisui Medical (President: Hideo Tagashira; Head Office: Tokyo, Chuo Ward).

Nanopia® e TDM Methotrexate is a homogeneous enzyme immunoassay. This reagent is suitable for use on various types of automated clinical analyzers. The short assay time and ready-to-use liquid state allows the urgent testing in each laboratory.

Sekisui Medical also provides TDM reagents for anti-epileptic drugs (Nanopia® TDM Topiramate launched in February, 2014), anti-MRSA drugs, immunosuppressive drug, and antiarrhythmic drug. Sekisui hopes to contribute to new level of convenience by adding Nanopia® e TDM Methotrexate to our TDM reagent product line.

Reference Information

  1. 1Clinical Significance

    Methotrexate is used in the treatment of certain neoplastic disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and leukemia. Methotrexate has the potential for serious toxicity therefore patients under methotrexate treatment need to be carefully monitored to prevent the serious side effect.

  2. 2Product Overview

    Name: Nanopia® e TDM Methotrexate
    Intended use: quantitative determination of methotrexate in human serum or plasma
    Assay Principle: homogeneous enzyme immunoassay
    Measurement Range: 0.04-1.20 μmol/L
    Sample Types: Serum, Plasma (containing Heparin or EDTA)

Package Contents - Pricing

Product Name Package Contents Recommended Retail Price
Nanopia® e TDM Methotrexate MTX antibody reagent ① 16mL x 1 ¥120,000
MTX enzyme reagent ② 8mL x 1

Sold Separately*
Product Name - Package Contents - Pricing

Product Name Package Contents Recommended Retail Price
Methotrexate Calibrator 2mL x 6 conc. x 1 ¥20,000
Methotrexate Dilution Buffer 25mL x 1 ¥18,000
  • *These products are not intended for in-vitro diagnostic use
  1. 3Features
    1. 1Ready-to-use liquid reagent
    2. 2Suitable for use on various types of automated clinical analyzers
    3. 3Excellent calibration stability
  2. 4Product Pictures