Having secured Medicare reimbursement, Seattle, Washington-based Indi Diagnostics, Inc. is getting ready to bring its liquid biopsy molecular test to pulmonologists in the US starting Q1 2018. The company said it will be first to introduce a liquid biopsy molecular diagnostic test in the country designed to help pulmonologists identify lung nodules that have a high probability of being benign, saving patients unnecessary invasive procedures.
After nearly five long years of raising cash and completing additional clinical trials needed to win limited coverage, Integrated Diagnostics Inc. (Indi) said it will be the first company to introduce a liquid biopsy molecular diagnostic test for lung cancer in the US.
Indi's CEO Al Luderer said the company's second-generation Xpresys Lung (XL2) CLIA laboratory test is designed to help pulmonologists in...