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QIAGEN Receives Approval for EGFR Test in Lung Cancer as Companion Diagnostic in Japan

HILDEN, Germany, and TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that the Japanese Pharmaceuticals and Medical Device Agency (PMDA) has approved the ...
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Biocept and Protean BioDiagnostics Establish Research Collaboration to Demonstrate Advantages of Biocept’s Target Selector™ Assay Kit for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Biocept, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIOC), a leading provider of molecular diagnostic assays, products and services, will collaborate with Protean BioDiagnostics Inc. to research the ...
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Roche receives FDA approval for the cobas EGFR Mutation Test v2 as the first companion diagnostic test for expanded EGFR TKI therapies in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

- Lung cancer causes more than 1.7 million deaths worldwide each year, with NSCLC accounting for about 85 percent of all cases[1] - The cobas EGFR Mutation Test v2 is FDA approved as a companion ...
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Health Canada Clears DxS’ K-RAS Mutation Kit as Test for Anti-EGFR Therapies

It can assess patients’ suitability for Amgen’s colorectal cancer drug, Vectibix. Canadian regulatory authorities approved DxS’ TheraScreen K-RAS Mutation Kit for use as a diagnostic for anti-EGFR ...
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EGFR‑TK mutation testing in adults with locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer

To ensure it complies with the CE marking, the DNA is first isolated from a specimen of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue using the QIAamp DNA FFPE Tissue Kit. The total amount of DNA in the ...
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Guardant360® CDx Receives FDA Approval as Companion Diagnostic for Janssen’s RYBREVANT™ (amivantamab-vmjw) for Use in Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer ...

Guardant Health blood test identifies patients with EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations who may benefit from targeted treatment with RYBREVANT™ after progressing on or after platinum-based chemotherapy ...
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Pharma Mar unit presents positive results for lung cancer‍ diagnostic kit

Regulatory Oversightcategory US FDA says two more doses of Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drug now available 2:24 AM UTC · Updated ago Healthcare & Pharmaceuticalscategory Lilly, Novo Nordisk battle for ...
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EGFR Mutations in Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Analysis of a Large Series of Cases and Development of a Rapid and Sensitive Method for Diagnostic Screening With Potential ...

Mutations in the EGFR tyrosine kinase domain define a new molecular type of lung carcinoma, more frequent in particular subsets of patients. The SSCP assay is a rapid and reliable method for the ...
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EGFR testing by a new diagnostic method to detect point mutations, deletions and insertions associated to non small cell lung cancer: CLART CMA EGFR.

EML4-ALK rearrangement detection in malignant pleural effusions from patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer: Feasibility and predictive value. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2015 ...
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

EGFR‑TK mutation testing in adults with locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is producing guidance on using EGFR-TK mutation testing in adults with locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer in the NHS ...