The company, whose technology enables the selective amplification of mutant DNA, will use the financing to ramp up its commercialization work and build its product portfolio.
New survival data suggest that patients with del19 mutations should receive Gilotrif as their top option and that researchers should no longer clump different EGFR-mutated subpopulations together in research, lead study investigator Lecia Sequist said.
Originally published Sept. 25.
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – The National Cancer Institute this week kicked off its exceptional responders program, in which researchers will sequence tumor tissue from patients who have had an outlier response to investigational treatments.
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – The recent lawsuit filed by Esoterix Genetic Laboratories against Qiagen over an alleged breached licensing agreement covering EGFR testing may be a message to other labs who have sold tests without a license.
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) — Researchers from several European institutions working with AstraZeneca have published a study demonstrating that measuring EGFR mutations from circulating tumor DNA compares favorably to tissue-based EGFR mutation status.
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – LabCorp subsidiary Esoterix Genetic Laboratories is suing Qiagen in a US district court alleging that Qiagen breached a licensing agreement between the companies regarding EGFR genetic testing by offering it for commercial research and diagnostic purposes ahead of US Food a
Nature News reports that recent proposed changes to the US National Science Foundation have raised concerns about a shift away from the agency's focus on basic research.
According to CNN, Legionella was discovered in buildings leased by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as they reopened following coronavirus pandemic-related closures.
In PLOS this week: genetic analysis of malaria parasite populations in Southeast Asia, genomic surveillance of yellow fever virus in São Paulo, and more.
