Foundation Medicine to Present Validation for FoundationOne CDx™, a Comprehensive Genomic Profiling Assay for Advancing Precision Cancer Care

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Foundation Medicine, Inc. (NASDAQ:FMI) today announced that the company will present validation data for FoundationOne CDx, its comprehensive genomic profiling assay, at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) 18th World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC). Data demonstrated high concordance with multiple companion diagnostics and other single marker assays currently used to match targeted therapies to people with certain types of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), melanoma, colorectal cancer, ovarian cancer or breast cancer. The availability of a comprehensive genomic profiling assay that is concordant with multiple companion diagnostics has the potential to advance personalized healthcare for all constituents by providing biopharma companies a platform for accelerated drug development and by improving efficient access to targeted therapies for patients.