This is the first IHC assay measuring Ki-67 expression to receive FDA approval in the context of treatment with Verzenio and was developed in collaboration with Eli Lilly and company.
Understanding the risk of recurrence in EBC is vital for informing disease management, as identifying patients at high risk can provide clarity for patients as well as facilitate treatment decisions to potentially improve outcomes.
Conventional methods for evaluating the risk of recurrence in EBC are based on staging and are performed according to standard clinical and pathological features of the disease.
However, these standard features may not capture the full risk of recurrence for individuals with EBC.
The American Joint Committee on Cancer has identified the Ki-67 biomarker as Level of Evidence III in diagnosing EBC due to its association with cellular proliferation. Ki-67 is thus an important component of comprehensive risk assessment, but it has been inconsistently applied in the past.
This approval builds on Agilent's previous successes in expanding the clinical applicability of therapeutic biomarker analysis, further cementing the company's position as a provider of diagnostic assays that deliver high quality and ease of implementation.
Agilent is in life sciences, diagnostics, and applied chemical markets, delivering innovative technology solutions that provide trusted answers to researchers' most challenging scientific questions.
The company generated revenue of USD 5.34 bn in fiscal year 2020 and employs 16,400 people worldwide.
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