The Oncomine Dx Target Test as a companion diagnostic has received FDA approval to identify RET fusion-positive, metastatic non-small cell lung cancer patients who are candidates for Gavreto (pralsetinib), a targeted therapy developed by Blueprint Medicines.
With major leadership changes, grant disruptions and terminations, and a stoked distrust in science, Steven Artandi, the director of Stanford Cancer Center, worries that young investigators will feel disenchanted by the U.S. research atmosphere and take their work and study elsewhere.
