Qiagen receives FDA approval for EGFR mutation test

Qiagen Press Release. This is the third CDx test to be approved for EGFR, and it is the second EGFR mutation test for a lung cancer therapeutic released this year (Roche’s COBAS test was released in May as a CDx for erlotinib). Dako’s IHC test was released...

Bowel Cancer Testing Rates Low in UK, High in France

UK lagging behind with bowel cancer drug test A study funded by Merck Serono (distributors of cetuximab outside of North America; CDx biomarkers for cetuximab = EGFR+ and KRAS-) found that only 44% of all bowel cancer patients in the UK received testing for KRAS...