Biovica initiates a collaboration with Mayo Clinic to study DiviTum[®] for the on-treatment monitoring of metastatic breast cancer patients receiving CDK 4/6 inhibitors
Biovica and Mayo Clinic have entered into an agreement to study the clinical benefit of using DiviTum[®] as a blood-based test, monitoring the tumor response to therapy in patients with metastatic breast cancer.The main purpose of including DiviTum[®] in studies performed at Mayo Clinic is to evaluate the changes in serum thymidine kinase activity, measured by DiviTum[®], in patients with hormone positive metastatic breast cancer treated with today’s standard regimens – including CDK 4/6 inhibitors. DiviTum[® ]measurements at the start of therapy and during treatment will be correlated to
Uppsala, Sweden, March 25, 2020. Biovica, active in cancer diagnostics, today announced that Robert Dann is joining the organization as SVP Marketing and US Business and will be part of the management team. The appointment marks a significant milestone in the upcoming commercialization of DiviTum[®] on the US market.“As DiviTum[®] is approaching commercialization we are strengthening the team. Robert brings insights from cancer diagnostics as well as therapeutics and has an excellent track record of successful product launches which will be valuable when launching DiviTum[®]. The
Uppsala, Sweden, March 12, 2020. Biovica, active in cancer diagnostics, today announced that results from a study by researchers at Lund University have been published in the well renowned journal Scientific Reports, a journal from Nature. The results support that the blood test DiviTum can be used as a prognostic tool for evaluating treatment outcomes in metastatic breast cancer.The study evaluated thymidine kinase activity in 142 women with newly diagnosed metastatic breast cancer as a tool for first-line prognosis and monitoring. Activity was measured by Biovica's DiviTum test at