Biomarker Commons

Matrix-Bio Inc., a diagnostics company that uses metabolite profiling to detect cancer and other diseases, has signed an exclusive agreement with the Purdue Research Foundation optioning metabolite biomarker technology and eight patent applications to evaluate the commercial potential of cancer diagnostics tests based on the technologies.

Kantar Health, a leading global healthcare consulting firm, today announced the availability of CancerMPact® Biomarker Analysis, a global offer that examines biomarker segmentation in the current and evolving oncology landscape. The analysis is based on a thorough review of literature and recently published data covering the following biomarkers:

• BRAF (melanoma)
• EGFR (non-small lung cancer)
• EML4-ALK (non-small cell lung cancer)
• KRAS (colorectal cancer)
• TNBC (breast cancer)

med fusion and Theranostics Health will introduce the first of the TheraLink™Assays for use in patients with malignant diseases at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual '13 Meeting, held in Chicago, IL from May 31, 2013 through June 4, 2013. The TheraLink™ HER Family Assay for primary, recurrent and metastatic breast cancers provides a molecular analysis of each patient's unique cancer, based upon the functional activity of signal transduction pathways known to modulate cancerous growth.

bioTheranostics, Inc., a leading provider of molecular diagnostic solutions for cancer, recently announced that 11 data presentations will be released during the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting May 31–June 4, 2013, in Chicago. The studies highlight the clinical utility of the company’s CancerTYPE ID® assay and Breast Cancer IndexSM (BCI), with results supporting the role of these molecular tests in individualized treatment programs for cancer patients.

Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR) recently announced that it presented a series of target-specific biomarkers that are being evaluated in the development of etirinotecan pegol for the treatment of breast cancer. Etirinotecan pegol is a unique, next generation, targeted topoisomerase I inhibitor currently in Phase 3 clinical development as a potential treatment for patients with locally recurrent or metastatic breast cancer.

The West Clinic, the Mid-South's premier cancer center and world-class center of excellence in medical oncology, hematology, oncologic imaging, clinical research and other advanced medical care, recently announced five of its physician-researchers will participate in ten presentations at the 49th Annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Meeting to be held May 31-June 4, 2013 in Chicago, IL at the McCormick Palace.