Beckman Coulter Diagnostics joins the Bio-Hermes-002 study as new partner
The Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation (GAP) welcomed Beckman Coulter Diagnostics as a strategic partner in the Bio-Hermes-002 study.
This first-time collaboration will enhance this unique, observational platform study that compares blood-based and digital biomarkers across a broad range of clinical cognitive conditions, MRI and PET images as well as numerous races and ethnicities in order to generate data that may help predict, detect and diagnose Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
Like Bio-Hermes-001, the Bio-Hermes-002 study aims to improve participation from people who are traditionally underrepresented in Alzheimer’s clinical research, with a commitment to remain open until at least 25% of participants are from these communities.
Beckman Coulter Diagnostics will contribute biomarker test results that will enrich the unique data generated by Bio-Hermes-002. The partnership will build upon the findings from Bio-Hermes-001, expanding the evaluation of the ability of each biomarker, or combination of biomarkers, to predict the accumulation of amyloid and tau in the brain – hallmark characteristics of Alzheimer’s.
Data from the test results from the Bio-Hermes-002 study will be securely stored on the AD Workbench from the Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative. The AD Workbench is a global, secure, cloud-based data sharing and analytics environment that enables researchers to share, access and analyze data across multiple platforms. After the study is closed, the data from Bio-Hermes-002 will eventually become available to Alzheimer’s researchers worldwide as part of the Alzheimer’s Disease Discovery Initiative’s AD Workbench.
Beckman Coulter Diagnostics joins collaborators Eli Lilly and Company and Biogen along with a growing list of exceptional partners providing blood-based biomarker assessments or digital assessments for Bio-Hermes-002. To date, the partners include Cognivue, Fujirebio, LifeArc, Linus Health, Lucent Diagnostics, a Quanterix brand, Sunbird Bio, ViewMind, AINOSTICS, Cambridge Cognition Limited, iLoF, and Cumulus Neuroscience Limited.
For more information about the Bio-Hermes-002 study and how to participate, visit https://globalalzplatform.org.
