Qiagen has launched Qiasymphony RGQ, a flexible automated system designed to meet all molecular testing needs and incorporating all workflow steps from sample to detection.
Qiasymphony offers features such as continuous loading, random access, open channels for user-developed tests, a broad menu of commercial assays, as well as the ability to process an almost unlimited range of sample types.
The workflow solution is comprised of modules that can be used as standalone systems or combined into a fully integrated system.
Qiasymphony RGQ comprises the physical and data integration of the modules, Qiasymphony SP for sample preparation, Qiasymphony AS for assay setup and the Rotor-Gene Q real-time PCR thermocycler.
Qiasymphony also provides a broad PCR-based assay menu, including the Artus real-time PCR kits for the detection of HIV, HCV, HBV and a transplantation panel with CMV, EBV, HSV, VZV and BKV1.
Further tests will be launched in the coming months, including therascreen EGFR, KRAS, as well as Artus Influenza, CT, CT/Ng and an extended transplantation panel.
Many more tests are in development as well as the ability to integrate detection options such as pyrosequencing, and multiplexing solutions.
Dr Mark Wasner, from the MVZ fur Mikrobiologie, Labordiagnostik und Hygiene Dessau in Germany - one of the first users of Qiasymphony RGQ, said the advantage of the system is the broad spectrum of applications for medical laboratories, such as the option to combine in-house and IVD applications.
The complete CE-IVD-compliant workflow of the standardised system is said to enable reliable pathogen detection with the flexibility to process multiple input formats and a varying number of 1-72 samples per run.
Qiasymphony RGQ also offers workflow automation through the option for parallel runs and flexible batch sizes and intuitive, easy-to-use software.
