Myriad Genetics has submitted a supplementary premarket approval application to FDA for its BRACAnalysis CDx test as a companion diagnostic to AstraZeneca’s and Merck’s PARP inhibitor Lynparza for men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Credit: Jonah Elkowitz/ShutterstockThat President Biden was diagnosed with prostate cancer is certainly unfortunate news, but it should come as no surprise. One in eight men in the U.S. will be told they have prostate cancer at some point in their lifetime: more than 300,000 new diagnoses occur annually, and the absolute numbers are rising.
