pTau217 Blood Test to Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease
ALZpath, Inc., a leading developer of innovative diagnostic tools and solutions for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, today announced a strategic license agreement with Roche for use of the ALZpath pTau217 antibody to develop and commercialize an Alzheimer’s disease diagnostic blood test that will be offered on the Roche Elecsys® platform. The Roche pTau217 test was recently granted Breakthrough Device designation by the FDA and will be commercialized as part of an ongoing collaboration between Roche and Eli Lilly. pTau217 is a critical biomarker for detecting the presence and progression of Alzheimer’s disease in blood. Blood-based assays using ALZpath’s pTau217 antibody have been shown to provide the same accuracy and reliability as more expensive and invasive PET imaging or cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) testing, but with the affordability and convenience of a simple, less invasive blood test. Alzheimer’s disease and…



