FDA Approves Guardant’s Guardant360 CDX Comprehensive Genomic Profile

The liquid-biopsy test is also a companion diagnostic for osimertinib, AstraZeneca’s drug for non-small cell lung cancer.

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The US Food and Drug Administration approved Guardant Health, Inc.’s Guardant360 CDx comprehensive genomic profiling test for patients with any solid malignant tumor, the company announced on 7 August.

The FDA also approved it as a companion diagnostic to identify non-small cell lung cancer patients with epidermal growth factor receptor alterations who may benefit from AstraZeneca PLC’s drug...

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