ZP is a contract developer and manufacturer of electrochemical biosensors used in point-of-care diagnostics. Our SIA platform aims to guide businesses, developers, and entrepreneurs from ideas to products in the quickest possible manner. On this page, we describe our applicability in the detection of acetaminophen.
Acetaminophen stands as the predominant analgesic agent in the United States and Europe, constituting about a quarter of all prescription and over-the-counter drugs in the U.S.
While generally considered safe when used as directed, the widespread availability of Acetaminophen and its narrow therapeutic index — a measure of the ratio between the dose causing toxicity and that eliciting a clinically desired response — gives rise to potential hazards stemming from both deliberate and unintentional overdoses.
