Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Gmbh

Dade Behring Inc.

Gary Hickey

Tie Q Wei

Alan Robert Craig

Zhu Teng

Carsten Schelp

Jeffrey L Moore

Tie Quan Wei

Methods and compositions are disclosed for reducing non-specific binding in a binding assay for the determination of an analyte in a sample where one of the reagents for conducting the binding assay comprises a solid support comprising a polysaccharide. The method comprises including in an assay medium for conducting the binding assay a soluble compound comprising a protein linked to a polysaccharide. Also disclosed are methods and compositions for determining the presence and/or amount of an analyte in a sample suspected of containing the analyte. The methods include as reagents a solid support comprising a polysaccharide and a soluble compound comprising a protein linked to a polysaccharide.

Reduction of non-specific binding in assays

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Hockessin, DE, United States of America

Gary Hickey