Bio-Techne Corporation and Novomol-Dx announced the development of Bio-Marker Pathfinder (BMP), a first of its kind ocular biomarker kit, as a point-of-care application. The BMP kit runs on Bio-Techne's Ella?, a benchtop automated immunoassay platform leveraging Bio-Techne's R&D Systems branded reagents to deliver accurate, reliable, and highly reproducible data in less than 90 minutes. Ella's microfluidic-based cartridges with separate channels enable precision multiplexing in a hands-free system, making it ideal for diagnostic clinical use.

Novomol-Dx relied on a proprietary algorithm to develop the normative data, disease-associated data, and AI-based predictive algorithms for ocular surface and retinal conditions. The complete solution is branded as BioM-Pathfinder. The novel applications for the BMP kit are in Dry Eye Disease, Diabetic Retinopathy and patient stratification or monitoring associated with ocular surgeries and treatments.