A clinical utility study claimed use of the Afirma Gene Expression Classifier, developed by Veracyte Inc., can significantly reduce unnecessary surgeries in thyroid cancer diagnoses. The study was published in Cancer Cytopathology.
Last week, FDA granted accelerated approval to Replimune Group Inc. for it’s biologic, RP1 (vusolimogene oderparepvec), following the FDA Cellular, Tissue, and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee’s 10:3 vote in support of the biologic in combination with nivolumab for the treatment of advanced melanoma in patients who have progressed on prior anti-PD-1 therapy.
