/EINPresswire.com/ -- TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - February 08, 2017) - Next generation sequencing (NGS) based clinical genomics assays are increasingly being offered by laboratories worldwide across a wide range of disease areas, including cancer, reproductive health, inherited disease and infectious disease. Developing, optimizing, and monitoring such assays however can be a time consuming and challenging task.

Scientists and clinicians can build and implement robust and accurate clinical genomics assays with the help of highly multiplexed and patient-like reference materials.

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• Expedite assay development, improve robustness, and better characterize your assay
• Help ensure confidence in the diagnostic result and overall laboratory test performance
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