Commitment Supports International Working Group on Antibody Validation Recommendations Published in Nature Methods

WALTHAM, Mass.–Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today committed to testing the specificity of antibodies in its portfolio in accordance with the newly proposed conceptual pillars for antibody validation, which were published in Nature Methods . The pledge demonstrates the company’s support of the International Working Group on Antibody Validation’s (IWGAV) proposal, which addresses antibody specificity, functionality and reproducibility. The IWGAV, formed with support from Thermo Fisher in 2015, is an independent working group of international scientists with diverse research interests, and is the first initiative of its size and scope specifically designed to establish standards for antibody validation for both antibody producers and users.

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