QIAGEN Collaborates with BioNTech on Companion Diagnostics Development for HPV-associated Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck
The assay will detect the presence of HPV genotypes and will be developed on QIAGENs RGQ MDx platform, a member of the QIAsymphony family of products.
- The assay will detect the presence of HPV genotypes and will be developed on QIAGENs RGQ MDx platform, a member of the QIAsymphony family of products.
- QIAGEN plans to expand the panel for use across HPV-driven cancers such as cervical cancer and other cancers, in order to provide a universal HPV companion diagnostic (CDx) for QIAGENs pharmaceutical partners.
- Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma is the sixth most common cancer.
- Every year, there are more than 650,000 cases leading to 330,000 deaths, according to a 2018 global cancer study.