Thermo Fisher Scientific collaborates with Janssen to co-develop companion diagnostic for cancer

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Thermo Fisher Scientific and Janssen Biotech, Inc., one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, signed an agreement to co-develop a companion diagnostic in oncology.

The CDx will support clinical trial enrollment globally.

Under the agreement, Thermo Fisher Scientific will collaborate with Janssen Research & Development, LLC scientists to validate multiple biomarkers for use with Thermo Fisher’s Oncomine Dx Target Test, which will be used to identify variant-positive patients for enrollment into clinical trials focused on non-small cell lung cancer. Additional indications in oncology may follow as part of the agreement.

Oncomine Dx Target Test is a next-generation sequencing assay that contains 46 cancer-related biomarkers and a workflow that features a fast turnaround time and the lowest sample requirements on the market for detection of both DNA and RNA variants.

Since its approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2017, Oncomine Dx Target Test has been the focus of multiple drug development and clinical trial support agreements between Thermo Fisher and international pharmaceutical companies.

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