Abbott Laboratories Corporation

Abbott Laboratories D-337/ap6d

Mary M Perkowitz

Maciej B Adamczyk

Joan D Tyner

Phillip G Mattingly

Donald D Johnson

Diana E Clarisse

Elaine Marie Brate

Sushil D Rege

Immunoassay reagents, methods and test kits for the specific quantification of vancomycin in a test sample are disclosed. The reagent comprises antibodies prepared with immunogens of FIG. wherein P is an immunogenic carrier material and X is a linking moiety. Also described is the synthesis of labeled reagents of FIG. wherein Q is a detectable moiety, preferably fluorescein or a fluorescein derivative, and X is a linking moiety.

Reagents and methods for the detection and quantification of vancomycin in biological fluids

Immunoassay methods and reagents for the specific quantification of thyroxine in a test sample are disclosed employing antibodies prepared with thyroxine derivatives of the formula: ##STR1## wherein P is an immunogenic carrier material and X is a linking moiety. The present invention also describes the synthesis of unique labelled reagent of the formula: ##STR2## wherein Q is a detectable moiety and W is a linking moiety, preferably fluorescein or a fluorescein derivative.

Reagents and methods for the detection and quantification of thyroxine

Reagents and methods for the detection and qualification of thyroxine in

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Mary M Perkowitz