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FDA approves cancer-gene profiling test

02-Dec-2017

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Foundation Medicine's test for patients with advanced or widely spread cancers.

FoundationOne CDx tests for 324 genes in any solid tumor.

Tests may point to studies testing drugs that target those genes.

Avoids multiple tests for individual genes that match specific drugs.

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Ensuring safety of drugs, medical supplies and food which is used daily.

Jeffrey Shuren

Director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health at the FDA.

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