Veracyte, Inc. and Gustave Roussy Announces Collaboration to Help Biopharmaceutical Companies Accelerate Development of Novel Cancer Therapies
September 06, 2023 at 05:45 pm IST
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Veracyte, Inc. and Gustave Roussy announced that they have entered into a collaboration to bring together their respective capabilities to provide novel insights into the underlying biology of metastatic tumors, which may help biopharmaceutical companies accelerate development of new cancer therapies. The multi-year partnership will leverage Gustave Roussy's expansive biorepository of tumor samples and associated data, as well as Veracyte's Biopharma Atlas, a machine learning-driven, multi-omic solution that is designed to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of clinical trials. Through the partnership, Gustave Roussy's Department of Therapeutic Innovation and Early Clinical Trials (DITEP) will provide metastatic tumor samples and data for multiple cancer indications that are derived from its major innovative research projects, particularly for new immunotherapies.
Veracyte will combine these assets with its multi-omics testing and machine learning capabilities to create a Veracyte Biopharma Atlas reference database of genetic and immunomic biomarkers. The company will then leverage this deep characterization of each tumor?s biology, particularly its immune contexture, to derive further insights about tumors that are more likely to respond to a particular therapy.
Veracyte, Inc. is a global diagnostics company. The Company enables clinicians with insights they need to guide and assure patients. The Company offers tests for thyroid cancer (Afirma), prostate cancer (Decipher Prostate), breast cancer (Prosigna), interstitial lung diseases (Envisia), and bladder cancer (Decipher Bladder). Its Percepta Nasal Swab test is being run in its Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) lab in support of clinical studies and its tests for kidney cancer and lymphoma are in development, the latter as a companion diagnostic. Its products consist of the Prosigna breast cancer assay, the nCounter Analysis System, related diagnostic kits, and services. In the United States, it offers laboratory developed tests (LDTs), through its CLIA labs in South San Francisco and San Diego, California, supported by its cytopathology know-how in Austin, Texas. The Company also offers whole-genome MRD platform that enable it in early cancer diagnosis and risk assessment.