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. 2025 Jan;17(2):79-82.
doi: 10.1080/17576180.2024.2415763. Epub 2024 Oct 28.

Two decades of immunocapture liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry for pharmaceutical discovery and development: reflections and recommendations for optimal deployment

Bradley L Ackermann  1
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Two decades of immunocapture liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry for pharmaceutical discovery and development: reflections and recommendations for optimal deployment

Bradley L Ackermann. Bioanalysis. 2025 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: LC/MS/MS; immunocapture; protein biomarker; protein biotherapeutic; proteoform.

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The author has no relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. This includes employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, grants or patents received or pending, or royalties.

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