QIAGEN receives FDA approval for companion diagnostic to Blueprint Medicines’ AYVAKIT® (avapritinib) in gastrointestinal stromal tumors
The kit is the first platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha (PDGFRA) assay to receive FDA approval as a companion diagnostic.
- The kit is the first platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha (PDGFRA) assay to receive FDA approval as a companion diagnostic.
- QIAGEN and Blueprint Medicines collaboratively developed the PDGFRA companion diagnostic assay.
- QIAGEN is a pioneer in precision medicine and the leader in collaborating with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to develop companion diagnostics.
- Furthermore, QIAGEN has recently announced a series of collaborations with Neuron23 and Helix to develop companion diagnostics in disease areas outside oncology.