Guardant Health Announces Collaboration With Boehringer Ingelheim to Develop Companion Diagnostic for Detection of Specific Mutations in Advanced Lung Cancer
18 Dezember 2024 - 2:05PM
Business Wire
Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology
company, today announced a collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim
to pursue the regulatory approval and commercialization of the
Guardant360® CDx liquid biopsy as a companion diagnostic (CDx) for
zongertinib, an investigational covalent tyrosine kinase inhibitor
(TKI) that selectively inhibits HER2 while sparing epidermal growth
factor receptor (EGFR) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
As part of the collaboration, the Guardant360 CDx blood test
will provide comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) of tumors to
identify actionable biomarkers that allow targeted therapy
selection and help identify NSCLC patients with HER2 mutations who
may be eligible for treatment with Boehringer’s investigational
zongertinib after it is approved by health authorities.
“Many of the 40,000 people diagnosed worldwide every year with
NSCLC with a HER2 mutation may respond poorly to standard
chemotherapy and immunotherapy,” said Helmy Eltoukhy, Guardant
Health chairman and co-CEO. “This collaboration with Boehringer
Ingelheim to pursue approval of the Guardant360 CDx test as a
companion diagnostic would allow oncologists, using a simple blood
draw, to identify patients with advanced lung cancer who have HER2
mutations targeted by zongertinib and could benefit from this
investigational therapy.”
The first FDA-approved comprehensive liquid biopsy for all
advanced solid tumors, Guardant360 CDx is approved as a companion
diagnostic for multiple targeted therapies in NSCLC. It is also the
only FDA-approved CDx to identify patients eligible for breast
cancer therapy targeting ESR1 mutations and has broad commercial
and Medicare coverage.
About Guardant Health
Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused
on guarding wellness and giving every person more time free from
cancer. Founded in 2012, Guardant is transforming patient care and
accelerating new cancer therapies by providing critical insights
into what drives disease through its advanced blood and tissue
tests, real-world data and AI analytics. Guardant tests help
improve outcomes across all stages of care, including screening to
find cancer early, monitoring for recurrence in early-stage cancer,
and treatment selection for patients with advanced cancer. For more
information, visit guardanthealth.com and follow the company on
LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and Facebook.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of federal securities laws, including statements
regarding the potential utilities, values, benefits and advantages
of Guardant Health’s liquid biopsy tests or assays, which involve
risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to
differ materially from the anticipated results and expectations
expressed in these forward-looking statements. These statements are
based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and
actual outcomes and results could differ materially from these
statements due to a number of factors. These and additional risks
and uncertainties that could affect Guardant Health’s financial and
operating results and cause actual results to differ materially
from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this
press release include those discussed under the captions “Risk
Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operation” and elsewhere in its Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, and any
current and periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereafter. The forward-looking
statements in this press release are based on information available
to Guardant Health as of the date hereof, and Guardant Health
disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements
provided to reflect any change in its expectations or any change in
events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statement is
based, except as required by law. These forward-looking statements
should not be relied upon as representing Guardant Health’s views
as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.
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