Redwood City, California, and Hilden, Germany, January 15, 2020 – QIAGEN today announced the launch of QCI Precision Insights in Europe, with the inclusion of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) guidelines and European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved oncology drugs catalogue.
QCI Precision Insights is a clinical interpretation service provided by a team of molecular biologists and oncologists who translate molecular data specific to each patient into state-of-the-art clinical insights and therapeutic options. Capable of rapidly interpreting any size panel on any testing platform, QCI Precision Insights now enables molecular pathologists and oncologists in Europe to confidently match complex genomic test data to relevant, geographically-matched treatment options in minutes for evidence-based, individualized treatment recommendations in record time.
”With the growing demand for molecular testing in the clinic, there is a continuous struggle to keep pace. With the finalized integration of N-of-One and their somatic interpretation service into the QCI product line we can now meet this demand” said Jonathan Sheldon, Senior Vice President of QIAGEN Digital Insights. “Molecular pathologists can now off-load interpretation work and reduce clinical test interpretation time by as much as 85%. So far, over 175,000 oncology cases have been processed by QCI Precision Insights, and I’m excited to see how Europe will embrace this new opportunity to transform the way molecular pathologists intersect with the cancer care continuum.”
The QCI portfolio helps molecular pathologists, oncologists, and medical geneticists uncover critical and timely genomics insights for informed and empowered clinical decision making. Connected to QCI knowledgebase, the platform has processed over 1.6 million molecular profiling cases across somatic and germline indications, giving users access to a rich set of unpublished real-world data for greater precision in trial and treatment matching.
The QIAGEN Knowledge Base is the only manually-curated knowledgebase in the world supporting over 76,000 disease classes with over 20 million clinical findings and weekly updates to clinical trial registries, approved therapies, and published literature.
QCI Precision Insights offers:
- Variant/gene-specific information with direct reference to EMA drug approvals and ESMO guidelines
- EMA approved drug summaries and approved indications
- ESMO clinical practice guidelines
- Up-to-date treatments approved by EMA
- Demographically relevant European clinical trials
About QIAGEN
QIAGEN N.V., a Netherlands-based holding company, is the leading global provider of Sample to Insight solutions that enable customers to gain valuable molecular insights from samples containing the building blocks of life. Our sample technologies isolate and process DNA, RNA and proteins from blood, tissue and other materials. Assay technologies make these biomolecules visible and ready for analysis. Bioinformatics software and knowledge bases interpret data to report relevant, actionable insights. Automation solutions tie these together in seamless and cost-effective workflows. QIAGEN provides solutions to more than 500,000 customers around the world in Molecular Diagnostics (human healthcare) and Life Sciences (academia, pharma R&D and industrial applications, primarily forensics). As of September 30, 2019, QIAGEN employed approximately 5,200 people in over 35 locations worldwide. Further information can be found at http://www.qiagen.com.
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