Menarini-Silicon Biosystems today announced they have signed an agreement to purchase all the assets and relevant business related to the CELLSEARCH® Circulating Tumor Cell (CTC) system from Janssen Diagnostics, LLC. CELLSEARCH is used to help manage patients with metastatic breast, prostate, and colorectal cancers. It is the only FDA-cleared CTC test, and has also been approved by China's FDA for use in monitoring breast cancer patients. Financial details were not disclosed.
The CELLSEARCH® system will join Menarini-Silicon Biosystems' family of advanced diagnostics, which includes the Company's flagship DEPArray™ System. DEPArray is a rare-cell detection and isolation technology that is used globally in a number of therapeutic areas, including oncology. With both DEPArray and CELLSEARCH in its portfolio, Menarini-Silicon Biosystems will be able to provide CTC detection on an FDA-cleared platform, and give oncologists and researchers access to unparalleled molecular characterization capabilities. Together, the two technologies provide a unique opportunity to ...
