Getting the right data to doctors is next hurdle for precision medicine
The future of precision medicine will come only as quickly as doctors can pick out clinically useful information from the genetic data being gathered on their patients.
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String of FDA approvals gives momentum to liquid biopsies
Following years of research and investment, liquid biopsies are steadily accumulating FDA approvals. The tests are being used in molecular profiling of solid tumors and as companion diagnostics for targeted cancer therapies.
Foundation Medicine’s FoundationOne CDx Receives the US FDA’s Approval as a CDx for Vitrakvi (larotrectinib)
Shots: The US FDA approved FoundationOneCDx to be used as a CDx for Vitrakvi (larotrectinib) to identify patients with NTRK fusions across all solid tumors. The genomic test is currently approved as a CDx for 20+ therapies The FoundationOne CDx is the tissue-based CGP test… Read More »Foundation Medicine’s FoundationOne CDx Receives the US FDA’s Approval as a CDx for Vitrakvi (larotrectinib)
Foundation Medicine to launch liquid biopsy companion diagnostic following FDA approval
The company announced Wednesday the FDA approval of its liquid biopsy test, the second to win an agency nod in less than a month, saying it would launch the product on Friday. The FDA acquired the first ever liquid biopsy companion diagnostic, Guardant Health’s Guardant360… Read More »Foundation Medicine to launch liquid biopsy companion diagnostic following FDA approval