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FoundationOne CDx receives FDA approval as a companion diagnostic for Alunbrig (brigatinib) to identify patients with ALK positive metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
1 July 2021 - Foundation Medicine today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. FDA for FoundationOne CDx to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jun 2021
New cancer gene test: are you eligible?
29 June 2021 - In a world first, young Australians will be offered a genetic test to discover whether they carry ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2021
Lantheus receives U.S. FDA approval of Pylarify (piflufolastat F 18) injection, the first and only commercially available PSMA PET imaging agent for prostate cancer
27 May 2021 - Pylarify will be available immediately to imaging centres in parts of the mid-Atlantic and southern regions and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 May 2021
Illuminare-1, a novel nerve visualisation investigational fluorophore, granted fast track designation by U.S. FDA
25 May 2021 - Illuminare Biotechnologies announced that its novel nerve imaging agent, Illuminare-1, has been granted fast track designation by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 May 2021
Alume Biosciences granted FDA fast track designation of ALM-488 for surgical nerve visualisation
12 May 2021 - Fast track designation highlights the urgent need for improved intra-operative nerve identification. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 May 2021
Viome receives FDA approval for its unique mRNA technology and AI platform to detect cancers
6 May 2021 - FDA breakthrough designation validates Viome's proprietary mRNA analysing technology and state of the art AI platform to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 May 2021
Australia's TGA grants approval to first objective concussion diagnostic
4 May 2021 - Oculogica's EyeBOX is the only objective diagnostic cleared by the US FDA and Australia TGA as an ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Apr 2021
Cancer deaths could be reduced with genomic testing investment, says National Oncology Alliance
26 April 2021 - Half of the more than 550,000 Australians expected to die from cancer in the next decade could ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2021
Roche receives FDA approval for first companion diagnostic to identify endometrial cancer patients eligible for immunotherapy
23 April 2021 - VENTANA MMR RxDx Panel is the first immunohistochemistry predictive test in endometrial cancer for treatment with the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Apr 2021
Amgen launches Biomarker Assist, a program to help more patients with non-small cell lung cancer gain access to biomarker testing
19 April 2021 - Half of all patients with non-small cell lung cancer have oncogene mutations, yet many patients are not ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Apr 2021
Biocartis announces US FDA 510(k) submission of its Idylla MSI test
20 April 2021 - First US FDA oncology assay submission for Biocartis. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Apr 2021
TGA accepts Telix’s prostate cancer imaging product submission and commences priority evaluation process
14 April 2021 - Telix is pleased to announce that the TGA has accepted the Company’s submission for the registration ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Mar 2021
Terminal cancer patients denied new treatments due to slow TGA approval
31 March 2021 - Desperate cancer patients are begging Australia’s drugs regulator to save lives by speeding up approvals and cutting ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Mar 2021
Amazon gets emergency FDA approval for at-home COVID-19 test kit
26 March 2021 - Amazon on Friday received emergency use authorisation from the FDA for an at-home COVID-19 testing kit that ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Mar 2021
FDA authorises LetsGetChecked’s home collection coronavirus (COVID-19) test for direct to consumer purchase
24 March 2021 - The direct to consumer test is now authorised by the FDA to sell directly to consumers online ...