Roche gains FDA Clearance for 18-Minute Anti-Müllerian Hormone Test to Assess Ovarian Reserve

"Our new assay will help more doctors incorporate AMH testing into their routine clinical practice, ensuring that more women who have questions about their fertility can get answers, faster," explained Dr. Alan Wright, Chief Medical Officer, Roche Diagnostics Corporation. "With over 7.4 million women in the U.S. who have ever used fertility services and 1 in 8 couples having trouble getting or sustaining pregnancy, the need for a consistent, reproducible and robust fertility measurement for women has never been greater."

With a simple blood test, measurement of serum AMH may now be used for the clinical assessment of ovarian reserve. The Elecsys® AMH blood test produces standardized results for assessing ovarian reserve as compared with the use of vaginal ultrasound in which the result is often dependent on the operator or clinic.

The assay is designed for use on all Roche immunoassay systems for low-, mid- and high-volume testing environments, including the cobas e 411, cobas e 601, cobas e 602 and MODULAR ANALYTICS E170 analyzers. Roche currently offers an extensive menu of fertility assays that process in 18 minutes, allowing clinicians to evaluate patients quickly during their office visit.

About Anti-Mullerian Hormone:
In women, Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is exclusively produced by granulosa cells of ovarian follicles during the early stages of follicle development. After an initial increase until early adulthood, AMH concentrations slowly decrease with increasing age until becoming undetectable before menopause. Individual AMH serum concentration accurately reflects the size of the pool of antral follicles, representing the quantity of the remaining primordial follicles.

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