What’s hot in (digital) diagnostics? – News in bullets, January - 2020

Exciting news flash from the world of (digital) diagnostics from market access, policy, product launches, start-ups and industry trends perspectives.

1. CMS widens NGS test coverage for inherited breast, ovarian cancers

2. Faced with slowing demand, 23andMe cuts 100 employees

3. Quest buys Helsinki-based Blueprint Genetics to expand reach

4. Helix, Mayo Clinic embark on genomic sequencing study of 100,000 people

5. Qiagen, Amgen Collaborate to Develop CDx for Investigational NSCLC Drug

6. Illumina forms 15-year cancer sequencing deal with Roche

7. Adaptive gets CMS coverage for chronic lymphocytic leukemia test

8. Breast Cancer Patients in Germany Now have Insurance Coverage for MammaPrint® Testing through Techniker Krankenkasse

9. CMS delays clinical lab fee schedule data reporting, cuts capped at 15% for 2021