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• Roche launches the cobas PIK3CA mutation test for patients with advanced/ m-BC in countries accepting the CE mark
• The IVT test is a real-time PCR test for the qualitative detection & identification of 17 mutations in exons 2- 5- 8- 10 & 21 in the gene encoding the catalytic subunit of PIK3CA in DNA isolated from FFPET and is intended to identify patients with m-BC harboring mutations
• This test reports automated results- with flexible throughput to process 30 samples/ run on the widely available cobas z 480 analyzers. The test can detect 17 mutations in the PIK3CA gene and can help clinicians to identify patients who may benefit from PI3K targeted therapy

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