Companion test for lung cancer compound, 2/13:112
Qiagen has submitted to the FDA its Therascreen EGFR RGQ PCR kit as a proposed companion diagnostic test to guide treatment with afatinib, an investigational oncology compound developed by Boehringer Ingelheim. The FDA has accepted afatinib for filing and granted it priority review as a proposed treatment for patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with an EGFR mutation detected by an FDA-approved test.