The company highlighted efforts to expand the use of its tests in the analysis of cerebrospinal fluid, an area in which research collaborations have begun to yield some data.
After a two-year evaluation in advanced non-small cell lung cancers with Allegheny Health Network, the payor will cover the test for its regional members.
Although the firm has ramped up COVID-19 testing, its billable test volume and overall testing revenues both declined due to pandemic-related challenges to its core oncology business.
The firms are using the technology, previously employed by Biocept exclusively for blood-based cancer testing, to develop a highly sensitive COVID-19 diagnostic.
The publisher of the Science family of journals will allow some authors to place peer-reviewed versions of their papers into publicly accessible repositories.