Fully automated assays for colorectal cancer, 2/16
February 2016—Biocartis launched two products on its molecular diagnostics platform Idylla. The first offering, the Idylla ctBRAF Mutation Assay, uses blood plasma as a sample. The assay can potentially act as a substitute for tissue biopsy testing in melanoma and colorectal and lung cancers, as well as conditions such as hairy cell leukemia and histiocytosis. It has a turnaround time of approximately 90 minutes with less than one minute of hands-on time.