Foundation Medicine Seeks "Go-To" Companion Diagnostic Status For Sequencing Test
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Foundation says its test service will transition next-generation sequencing from the research bench to routine clinical practice, with the ultimate goal of supplanting the need for individual gene mutation tests to drive oncology drug therapy decisions.
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