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October 11, 2016 Off

Biocartis’ Idylla technology could enhance molecular diagnostic testing

By Dino Mustafić

Biocartis Group NV, a Belgian innovative molecular diagnostics company has published a comparative study organised by AstraZeneca where 12 different KRAS mutation detecting technologies, including Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) and quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), were compared for the detection of KRAS mutations in lung cancer, using blinded samples.

October 10, 2016 Off

NOXXON: NOX-A12 synergizes with both T cell and NK cell based therapies

By Dino Mustafić

NOXXON Pharma N.V. a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on cancer treatment, announced that it presented data yesterday at the ESMO conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, studying the role of CXCL12 inhibition by NOX-A12 (olaptesed pegol) in tumor stroma spheroids, a preclinical model that mimics the complexity of the tumor microenvironment.