NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Laboratory Corporation of America is investing $2 million in SynapDx to further its development of an autism spectrum disorder test.
The investment, announced today by SynapDx, follows a $6 million Series A1 funding round completed in December to support the Lexington, Mass.-based firm's clinical study in support of the ASD test, which is intended to help physicians identify children with ASD earlier than they can today.
The test would be the first step in SynapDx's plans to build a broader menu of pediatric neurodevelopment tests, the company said.
"LabCorp and SynapDx have a shared vision about the future of diagnostics," SynapDx CEO Stanley Lapidus said in a statement. "The investment is validation of LabCorp's commitment to innovation and SynapDx's transformational approach to autism diagnostics."
SynapDx's blood-based test is being developed to measure RNA expression in order to differentiate children with a higher risk for ASDs from those with a lower risk. Its aim is to identify children with ASD by the age of 36 months.