Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Oct 2020
FDA approves new FoundationOne Liquid CDx companion diagnostic indications for three targeted therapies that treat advanced ovarian, breast and non-small cell lung cancer
27 October 2020 - Foundation Medicine today announced that the U.S. FDA approved FoundationOne Liquid CDx for three new companion diagnostic indications to help match patients who may benefit from treatment with specific FDA approved targeted therapies.
The new indications are for Piqray (alpelisib) in advanced or metastatic breast cancer; Rubraca (rucaparib) in advanced ovarian cancer; and Alecensa (alectinib) in a certain type of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.
The FDA also approved a label expansion for FoundationOne Liquid CDx to report additional select copy number alterations and genomic rearrangements.
