PKW

Immunohistochemistry Assay, Antibody, Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase

Product code
PKW
Device name
Immunohistochemistry Assay, Antibody, Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase
Device class
Class 3
Medical specialty
Unknown
Marketing pathway
PMA

FDA classification definition

The anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) antibody is a qualitative immunohistochemical antibody intended to identify ALK protein expression in human clinical tissue specimens. The ALK antibody is indicated as an aid in identifying patients eligible for treatment with specific FDA approved therapeutic drugs.

Definition text from the FDA device classification database (U.S. federal government work, public domain).

Official FDA classification page: PKW
Classification and pathway per current FDA publications. Data from openFDA (CC0).