Minute Insight: Angle’s Parsortix Gets FDA Approval, Marking New Era For Liquid Biopsy

The FDA has approved Angle’s Parsortix circulating tumor cell cancer capturing system, which the company believes will be a paradigm shift for liquid biopsy in the US and heighten competition in the oncology diagnostics space.

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The US Food and Drug Administration has granted de novo authorization to UK-based Angle's Parsortix device, making it the first device approved by the regulator capable of capturing circulating tumor cells (CTC). 

Specifically, the authorization covers the use of Parsortix in metastatic breast cancer patients and comes nearly two years after the...

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