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Guardant Health Introduces Major Smart Liquid Biopsy Upgrade to Market-Leading Guardant360® Test, Further Extending Its Best-in-Class Performance
Running on Guardant Infinity™ smart liquid biopsy platform, new Guardant360 test covers over 10 times more genes, including all guideline-recommended genomic
About this update from Guardant Health, Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nRunning on Guardant Infinity™ smart liquid biopsy platform, new Guardant360 test covers over 10 times more genes, including all guideline-recommended genomic biomarkers across advanced solid tumors, and quantifies tumor burden with 10 times higher sensitivity\n\n\n\nUpgraded test covered by Medicare and major private payers for comprehensive genomic profiling of all advanced solid tumors\n\n\n\n PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nGuardant Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the launch of a major upgrade to its market-leading Guardant360 liquid biopsy test. The new enhanced test evaluates biomarkers in 739 genes in total, which is 10 times more cancer biomarkers than the previous version of Guardant360 evaluated. The test can also identify an extensive array of emerging biomarkers to precisely characterize cancer and can quantify disease burden at much higher sensitivity. The biomarkers, or gene alterations, detected by the test enable oncologists to identify the targeted treatment strategies that are most effective for patients with advanced cancer.\n\n\nThe expanded number of biomarkers identified by the upgraded Guardant360 test includes all guideline-recommended genomic biomarkers across advanced solid tumors and emerging biomarkers that may impact treatment planning in the future. The test runs on the Guardant Infinity smart liquid biopsy platform, which uses a novel genomic and epigenomic sequencing technology that provides exceptional sensitivity and accurately quantifies disease burden tumor fraction at 10 times lower levels than the previous version of Guardant360. Results are provided in 7 to 10 days.\n\n\n“Guardant360 is the leading liquid biopsy test for patients with advanced cancer, and this major upgrade through our Guardant Infinity smart liquid biopsy platform enables us to give oncologists a much more complete view of cancer,” said Helmy Eltoukhy, Guardant Health chairman and co-CEO. “Our updated test provides much broader gene panel coverage and analyzes both currently actionable and emerging biomarkers not available on any other liquid biopsy test. This upgrade will mark the beginning of a new chapter of tumor profiling that will be as profound as the original introduction of comprehensive profiling, informing cancer care teams about the optimal treatment stra...