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Sysmex Ipsogen JAK2 DX

Jan 06, 2020

Sysmex has launched the ipsogen JAK2 DX reagent after the product received health insurance coverage in Japan on Jan. 1. The Kobe, Japan-based firm said that it received marketing approval for the gene testing kit that measures the JAK2V617F mutation quantitatively in December 2018. The test is used to diagnose certain hematopoietic tumors, specifically polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia, and primary myelofibrosis. Sysmex inked a distribution deal with Ipsogen (now part of Qiagen) in 2011 covering Japan that allows Sysmex to distribute some Ipsogen blood cancer products in that country.

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