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Roche Receives FDA Approval for VENTANA ALK (D5F3) CDx Assay to Identify Lung Cancer Patients Eligible for Treatment with Roche’s ALECENSA (alectinib)

November 9, 2017

Roche recently announced it has obtained US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the VENTANA ALK (D5F3) CDx Assay as a companion diagnostic to identify ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients eligible for treatment with the Roche medicine ALECENSA® (alectinib). The VENTANA ALK (D5F3) CDx Assay is the only test FDA-approved as a companion diagnostic for ALECENSA.