New FDA Approvals: FDA Approves Additional Indication for FoundationOne CDx | Jan. 13, 2022

  • Jan 13, 2022

    Dec. 8: The FDA gave another approval to Foundation Medicine, Inc.’s FoundationOne CDx as a companion diagnostic for current and future BRAF inhibitors used to treat melanoma, including monotherapies targeting BRAF V600E and BRAF/MEK inhibitor combination therapies targeting BRAF V600E or V600K mutations. The agency first approved the test on Nov. 30, 2017.

    Dec. 9: The FDA granted premarket approval to Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Oncomine Dx Target Test as a companion diagnostic to help identify people with non-small cell lung cancer whose tumors have epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 20-insertion mutations who may be candidates for treatment with Rybrevant (amivantamab-vmjw) from Janssen Biotech, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company. The agency initially approved the test on June 22, 2017.

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  • Angela Maas

    Angela has an extensive background of editing, reporting and writing for trade and consumer publications. She has written Radar on Specialty Pharmacy since she joined AIS Health in 2005 and has broad knowledge of the various issues at play within the space. She also has written for Spotlight on Market Access since its 2017 launch. Before joining AIS Health, she was managing editor at Employee Benefit News and Employee Benefit News Canada and managing editor at Hem Aware (a hemophilia publication), Lupus Living and Momentum (a multiple sclerosis publication). She has a B.A. in English and an M.A. in British literature from Arizona State University.

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