Colorectal Cancer

The Voyage study is designed to enroll more than 150,000 people and will follow participants for at least seven years.

The seven-gene test, ColonSentry, is designed to determine an individual's current risk for colorectal cancer relative to an average risk population.

The guidelines are part of The BMJ's Rapid Recommendations program, which aims to provide doctors with updated treatment guidance based on the latest evidence.

The St. Louis-based firm will use the funds to develop its colorectal cancer screening test, which measures eukaryotic RNA isolated from epithelial cells in stool.

The agency has approved the use of Exact's Cologuard test for average-risk individuals aged 45 and older.

Startup BioLizard will develop the algorithm to help Novigenix migrate its immuno-transcriptiomic assay for early colorectal cancer detection to a new NGS-based platform.

The study said that Cologuard was an "inefficient screening option" for colorectal cancer given its cost as compared to other CRC screening methods.

The Belgian oncology molecular diagnostics firm reported a 17 percent increase in product sales but said that sales of cartridges in the US were lower than expected.