The American Journal of Managed Care

Identifying Appropriate Candidates for NGS Testing

Kanwal Raghav, MD, MBBS, discusses appropriate candidates for HER2 testing and current utilization strategies for biomarker testing in mCRC. We’re routinely using next-generation sequencing [NGS] in ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Abstracts at ASCO Quality Show Uptake of Rapid NGS, Biomarker Testing Across OneOncology

Two abstracts involving real-world data (RWD) presented at the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology Quality Care Symposium tracked the uptake of next-generation sequencing (NGS) and biomarker ...
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New CMS National Coverage Determination and FDA Regulatory Approach: the Next Generation for NGS Testing Policy?

On March 16, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a national coverage determination (NCD) for next-generation sequencing (NGS) tests for cancer, marking a significant ...
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Burning Rock Dx Launches Magnis BR to Innovate Total Process Automation for NGS Testing

Magnis BR outperforms existing NGS automation solutions in throughput scalability and level of automation in the testing process. This instrument is expected to bring high-quality, standardized ...
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Bruker Complements Fast, Cost-effective IR Biotyper® Hospital Hygiene Testing and HAI Tracing with NGS Reflex Testing

Announces majority investment in NGS bioinformatics solution provider Ridom GmbH New NGS microbiology solutions for hygiene testing and epidemiological studies HAI (Hospital-Acquired Infections) ...
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First next-generation sequencing (NGS) testing at the end of life in patients with metastatic prostate cancer.

Prospective real world data evaluation of clinical outcomes in metastatic hormone sensitive prostate cancer (MHSPC) patients treated as part of triplet therapy with darolutamide: UK multicenter ...
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Next-generation sequencing (NGS) completion and timeliness using reflex testing protocol for patients with stage II-III non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NS-NSCLC).

The youngest population under 50 years old (P50) with lung cancer (LC) in the French nationwide real-life KBP cohorts: Evolution since 2000. Clinical outcomes of maintenance durvalumab after ...
Medscape

First Guideline on NGS Testing in Cancer, From ESMO

Recommendations on the use of next-generation sequencing (NGS) tests for patients with metastatic cancer have been issued by the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), the first recommendations ...
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Fulgent Genetics Announces Launch of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Test to Detect Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

Fulgent Genetics will partner with MedScan Laboratory to launch one of the market’s first COVID-19 tests based on comprehensive Next Generation Sequencing technology TEMPLE CITY, Calif., March 17, ...
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Quest Diagnostics (DGX) Expands Testing Suite With NGS Test

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated DGX recently announced that the company is now offering the liquid biopsy-based Target Selector NGS Lung Panel test developed by Biocept BIOC. The addition of this blood ...
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Thermo Fisher Scientific, Pfizer partner to expand localized access to NGS-based testing for cancer patients in international markets

Pfizer and Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced they have entered into a collaboration agreement to help increase local access to next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based testing for lung and breast ...
Nature

New EuroGentest/ESHG guidelines and a new clinical utility gene card format for NGS-based testing

These guidelines propose that groups of clinical and laboratory experts should define ‘core gene lists’ that must be analysed in any particular diagnostic or research approach vs additional genes that ...