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A question regarding standard concentrations within a calibration curve. If you are going to build an assay with a dynamic range of 1 to 1000 ng/mL, with 8 standards is there a systematic way of deciding where to place your standards? 1, 2, 10, 50, 100, 500, 900, 1000? Some say on a logarithmic scale but is there an easy way to calculate that?
Answer Dear Steve:
Most folks will build their calibration curve with standards at 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% (some folks also add 125%) potency.
The key then is to check that the correlation coefficient is "> 0.98%" (some different country authorities want "> 0.99%") If you get less, then you cannot use the assay.