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  • Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) – A look at the ASA’s rulings

    • CAP News

    recent set of rulings against providers of Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) - a test that pregnant … you’re up to speed if you’re a provider of NIPT. In these three rulings against … proportion of foetuses that the NIPT test correctly identified to have a condition such as Down’s

  • Ultrasound Direct Ltd

    • Ruling
    • Upheld
    • 20 November 2019

    diagnostic appointment.” The ad featured a table which stated that the NIPT + Scan had an &ldquo … with Down’s Syndrome?”, text stated “There are three possible results from NIPT for Down … in the sample is not high enough to give an accurate result. NIPT may be repeated with the hope

    ” related to the scan element of the test that had being carried out coupled with NIPT. They … “includes 30-minute appointment comprising a diagnostic scan and NIPT blood test … foetus would ultimately have Down’s Syndrome following a NIPT “positive result.” We

  • Enforcement Notice - Advertising Non-invasive Prenatal Testing

    • Enforcement Notice

    This Enforcement Notice concerns advertising for 'Non-invasive Prenatal Testing' (NIPT … " are likely to mislead customers. CAP's Enforcement Notice sets out the dos and dont's of advertising NIPT services.  

  • Enforcing the rules for ads on prenatal testing

    • CAP News

    (hereafter NIPT), which is a type of prenatal screening for genetic conditions which uses a maternal … clinics.  Ads for Non-invasive Prenatal Testing (hereafter NIPT) commonly cite … do’s and don’ts Ads for NIPT should not quote “Detection Rate

  • My Baby Enterprises Ltd

    • Ruling
    • Upheld
    • 20 November 2019

    that showed the NIPT test had a false positive rate of less than 0.1% was able to identify … their online leaflet showed the various Positive Predictive Values (PPV) of NIPT for different … a 99% chance that a foetus would ultimately have those conditions following a NIPT “positive

  • The Birth Company

    • Ruling
    • Upheld
    • 20 November 2019

    probability result from an NIPT who go on to have the condition confirmed in the foetus. They explained … if it had a NIPT “positive” result. We understood that the detection rate figure … represented the proportion of foetuses that NIPT had identified to have the relevant condition out of all