News on sequencing-based testing, NGS gene panels, & diagnostic exomes in genetics, genomics, and molecular diagnostics.
The accelerated approval is based on data showing that refractory cancer patients with TMB of at least 10 mutations/Mb saw tumor shrinkage and had durable responses on the immunotherapy.
Genetron's S5 sequencer is based on Thermo Fisher's Ion GeneStudio S5 instrument and is cleared for clinical use by China's NMPA.
The Illumina COVIDSeq Test is a high-throughput, in vitro diagnostic that provides results in 24 hours. The test is for use with the NovaSeq 6000 Sequencing system.
The technologies, called non-extensible oligonucleotides and linear DNA assembly, may help the sample prep firm improve existing products.
The infectious disease testing firm has developed a sequencing-based coronavirus assay, which it plans to commercialize through its sister firm BioID Genomics.
