HUNTINGTON BEACH, California and AMSTERDAM, May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Agendia, a world leader in molecular cancer diagnostics, today announced that leading researchers from Agendia, the University of California San Francisco and the Netherlands Cancer Institute will present data from multiple studies at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, May 29 - June 2, 2009, in Orlando, Florida.
The study results further underpin the broad predictive and prognostic power of Agendia’s breast cancer recurrence test MammaPrint(R) and highlight promising data on Agendia’s new colon cancer recurrence test, ColoPrint(TM). Visitors can meet the Agendia team in booth #2014 and study results will be discussed at the following sessions:
About MammaPrint(R)
MammaPrint is the first ‘in vitro diagnostic multivariate index assay’ (IVDMIA) cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). FDA clearance requires clinical and analytical validation and reporting systems to ensure patient safety issues are addressed. Highly accurate, MammaPrint identifies patients with early metastasis-patients who are likely to develop metastases within five years following surgery. Several authoritative studies have shown that chemotherapy particularly reduces early metastasis risk. In planning treatment, the MammaPrint test results provide doctors with a clear rationale to assess the benefit of chemotherapy in addition to other clinical information and pathology tests.
All MammaPrint tests are conducted in Agendia’s CLIA-accredited service laboratory. Breast cancer recurrence assays currently marketed by other manufacturers have not been subject to the rigorous FDA clearance process.
About Agendia
Agendia is at the forefront of the personalized medicine revolution, striving to bring more effective, individualized treatments within reach of patients. Building on a cutting edge genomics platform for tumor gene expression profiling, the company’s tests help physicians more accurately tailor cancer treatments. Agendia markets four products, with several new genomic tests under development. In addition, Agendia collaborates with pharmaceutical companies to develop highly effective personalized drugs in the area of oncology. The Company was awarded the 2008 North American Oncology Clinical Diagnostics Healthcare Innovation Award by Frost & Sullivan. Agendia is based in Huntington Beach, California, and in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
CONTACT: Media contacts: Hans Herklots, Agendia, +31-20-462-1557 Office,
+31-620-083-509 Mobile, hans.herklots@agendia.com. Valerie Delva, Ricochet
Public Relations, +1-212-679-3300 x131 Office, +1-917-975-3191 Mobile,
vdelva@ricochetpr.com
