ASCO and Foundation Medicine Announce Collaboration to Help Research Sites Identify Potential Participants for the Targeted Agent and Profiling Utilization (TAPUR) Study

ALEXANDRIA, Va. & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The American Society of Clinical Oncology, Inc. (ASCO) and Foundation Medicine (NASDAQ: FMI) today announced entry into an agreement to create efficiencies for research sites participating in ASCO’s TAPUR™ Study in identifying potential participants for the study. ASCO is announcing that reports from Foundation Medicine’s comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) assays, FoundationOne,® FoundationOne® Heme and FoundationACT® will receive the new “optimized for TAPUR reporting” designation available to entities that demonstrate reporting of nearly 75% of TAPUR-specific genes in a format that meets criteria established for the TAPUR Study. The TAPUR Study is a first-of its-kind clinical trial designed to evaluate molecularly targeted cancer drugs and collect data on clinical outcomes to learn about additional uses of these drugs outside of indications already approved by the Food and Drug Administration.