OncoHelix is the first laboratory in
Canada to adopt
MSK-ACCESS® powered with SOPHiA DDM™
BOSTON and ROLLE, Switzerland, July 24,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SOPHiA GENETICS (Nasdaq: SOPH),
a cloud-native healthcare technology company and a leader in
data-driven medicine, announced today that OncoHelix, an
internationally recognized research and diagnostics laboratory for
precision diagnostics, will implement MSK-ACCESS®
powered with SOPHiA DDM™. The organization, which currently uses
the SOPHiA DDM™ Platform for myeloid testing, will use the new
liquid biopsy solution to advance its oncology testing
capabilities. OncoHelix will be live on MSK-ACCESS®
powered with SOPHiA DDM™ later this summer.
OncoHelix is based in Calgary,
Canada, and offers specialized genomic and molecular testing
services globally. OncoHelix works in partnership with the
Hematology Translational Lab (HTL) at the University of Calgary and has helped significantly
advance the University's precision oncology and immunology research
pipelines.
"Our mission at OncoHelix is to offer exceptional clinical-grade
molecular and immune profile testing. That mission is predicated on
using the most cutting-edge technology to allow for the rapid
validation of genomic panels, sequencing, and analysis," said Dr.
Pinaki Bose, Co-founder and
Executive Vice President, OncoHelix. "The SOPHiA DDM™ Platform
has supported our mission over the last year, and we look forward
to implementing MSK-ACCESS® powered with SOPHiA DDM™ to
advance our liquid biopsy offering."
Liquid biopsy testing provides an alternative testing method to
traditional solid tumor biopsy, which can be especially helpful
when patients are facing limitations such as insufficient material
or poor tissue quality, or simply need a less invasive method of
biopsy. Liquid biopsy testing extracts cell-free DNA (cfDNA) from
blood plasma, revealing circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA). This
approach, obtained through a simple blood draw, expedites clinical
decisions, accelerates results for researchers and clinicians, and
streamlines monitoring.
"OncoHelix has quickly become a trusted leader in precision
oncology testing and that is due, in part, to its unrelenting focus
on offering the most advanced technology solutions on the market,"
said John Carey, Managing Director,
NORAM, SOPHiA GENETICS. "We are excited to expand our relationship
with OncoHelix by offering this new liquid biopsy solution and
continue supporting the company's commitment to tackling cancer
research head-on via targeted testing."
"This milestone builds on our long-term and successful
collaboration in genomic profiling for solid tumours and
hemoatological malignancies. MSK-ACCESS® powered with
SOPHiA DDM™ marks a major advancement in cancer genomic
profiling using circulating free DNA and enhances our ability to
assess cancer treatment response, enumerate measuarable residual
disease, and diagnose when tissue biopsy is unavailable," notes Dr.
Faisal Khan, Co-founder and CEO at
OncoHelix.
MSK-ACCESS® powered with SOPHiA DDM™ is a
decentralized version of a highly validated ctDNA
assay developed by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)
that involves the deep sequencing of 146 key cancer-associated
genes. The offering combines the sophisticated analytics,
state-of-the-art algorithms, and global network of the SOPHiA DDM™
Platform, with the scientific and clinical expertise of MSK in
cancer genomics to provide a best-in-class liquid biopsy
solution.
For more information, visit SOPHiAGENETICS.com, or connect
on LinkedIn. For more information on OncoHelix,
visit oncohelix.org, or connect on LinkedIn.
About SOPHiA GENETICS
SOPHiA GENETICS (Nasdaq: SOPH)
is a cloud-native healthcare technology company on a mission to
expand access to data-driven medicine by using AI to unlock
insights to deliver world-class care to patients across the globe.
It is the creator of SOPHiA DDM™, a platform that analyzes complex
genomic and multimodal data and generates real-time, actionable
insights for a broad global network of hospital, laboratory, and
biopharma institutions. For more information,
visit SOPHiAGENETICS.COM and connect with us
on LinkedIn.
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