AB Sciex (d/b/a Sciex). (6/29/17). "Press Release: The New Sciex Clinical AB Sciex Triple Quad 4500MD LC-MS/MS System Obtains CFDA Approval as Medical Device for in vitro Diagnostic Use". Shanghai.

	Region	China
	Organisation	AB Sciex (Danaher, Framingham, MA)
	Group	Danaher (Group)
	Organisation 2	CFDA (Chinese Food and Drug Administration)
	Today	National Medical Products Administration of China (NMPA, formerly CFDA)
	Group	China (govt)
	Product	AB Sciex Triple Quad™ 4500MD LC/MS/MS System
	Product 2	Analyst® LC/MS Software
	Person	Hong, Shao (Danaher 201706 General Manager at Sciex China)
	Person 2	Sicurella, Stacey (Danaher 201503 Manager Global PR + Brand for Sciex)

The AB SCIEX TRIPLE QUAD™ 4500MD LC-MS/MS system has been approved by the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) and meets the market access requirements for medical device products.

SCIEX Diagnostics, the in vitro diagnostics division of SCIEX, a global leader in mass spectrometry in the life sciences industry, announced today that the AB SCIEX TRIPLE QUAD™ 4500MD LC-MS/MS system has been approved by the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) and meets the market access requirements for medical device products. With this accreditation, SCIEX aims to help propel China’s clinical laboratory programs to a new level by meeting the challenges of clinical diagnostic labs to deliver highly accurate and reliable test results.

The AB SCIEX TRIPLE QUAD™ 4500MD LC-MS/MS system consists of a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer (TRIPLE QUAD™ 4500MD), a high-performance liquid chromatography system (Jasper™), and software including Analyst®MD, Cliquid®MD and MultiQuant™MD and it is intended to use with various reagents to analyze compounds in human specimens. The compounds include diagnostic indicators (endogenous substances: amino acids, vitamins, hormones) and therapeutic monitoring compounds (exogenous substances: therapeutic / toxic drugs).

The AB SCIEX TRIPLE QUAD™ 4500MD LC-MS/MS system delivers excellent detection levels for the analytes commonly requested in clinical in vitro diagnostic applications. Designed to maximize uptime in clinical laboratories and support continuous high-throughput operations, the AB SCIEX TRIPLE QUAD™ 4500MD LC-MS/MS system features the industry leading SCIEX Turbo V™ ion source and Curtain Gas™ interface for outstanding reliability, sensitivity and reproducibility in routine clinical testing and ensures day-to-day, month-to-month, or week-to-week measurement consistency. The AB SCIEX TRIPLE QUAD™ 4500MD LC-MS/MS system provides scientists with the ability to perform multiple assays, and quantitate multiple compounds in a single run with a suitable reagent, resulting to fewer tests, significant time, and cost savings in clinical laboratories.

“We are very pleased to share this news to with our customers and with the industry. We know that the routine diagnostic testing lab requires accurate trace level quantitation of multiple compounds in human specimens,” said Shao Hong, SCIEX China GM. “The AB SCIEX TRIPLE QUAD™ 4500MD LC-MS/MS system is a truly reliable platform, which can help meet clinical lab objectives, by saving time, cutting costs, and supporting physicians with greater confidence and reliable results. We believe that AB SCIEX TRIPLE QUAD™ 4500MD LC-MS/MS system will lead us to a new era in clinical in vitro diagnostic field.”

Learn more about the SCIEX Triple Quad 4500MD system.

About SCIEX

SCIEX helps to improve the world we live in by enabling scientists and laboratory analysts to find answers to the complex analytical challenges they face. The company's global leadership and world-class service and support in the capillary electrophoresis and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry industry have made it a trusted partner to thousands of the scientists and lab analysts worldwide who are focused on basic research, drug discovery and development, food and environmental testing, forensics and clinical research.

With over 40 years of proven innovation, SCIEX excels by listening to and understanding the ever-evolving needs of its customers to develop reliable, sensitive and intuitive solutions that continue to redefine what is achievable in routine and complex analysis. For more information, please visit sciex.com.

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Contact Information

Stacey Sicurella
Manager Global Public Relations and Brand, SCIEX
stacey.sicurella@sciex.com
508-688-7958

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EASTWEST PR on Behalf of SCIEX
sciex@eastwestpr.com
Tel: (86) 10 6582 0018

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IVD-MKT-12-6126
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Record changed: 2023-06-05