U.S. Development Partner Quest Diagnostics Completes Clinical Development of Septin9 Colorectal Cancer Blood Test
Epigenomics AG announced that Quest Diagnostics Incorporated successfully completed the clinical validation of its Septin9-based laboratory-developed test for aiding the detection of colorectal cancer. Under terms of a license agreement between the companies for Epigenomics' proprietary DNA methylation biomarker Septin9, Epigenomics will receive a milestone payment from Quest Diagnostics upon reaching this milestone. The amount of the payment was not disclosed.
"Validation of our Septin9 laboratory-developed test is an important step forward in providing a test that physicians can use to help them identify patients with colorectal cancer," said Jay G. Wohlgemuth, M.D., Vice President of Science and Innovation, Quest Diagnostics. "We intend to release the test in the U.S. later this year."
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