ESSA Pharma, Caris Life Sciences Ink Liquid Biopsy Profiling Pact

  • Caris Life Sciences and ESSA Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:EPIX) have announced a Precision Development program to support ESSA's development of EPI-7386 in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) failing current standard-of-care therapies.
  • Under the terms of the agreement, Caris and ESSA will evaluate patient blood samples to assess genetic profiles utilizing Caris' Whole Transcriptome Sequencing and Whole Exome Sequencing platform. 
  • ESSA will utilize these liquid biopsies, including longitudinal data from serial samples, to better characterize the tumor biological profiles of patients in the ongoing monotherapy clinical trial of EPI-7386 in mCRPC patients.
  • The information may facilitate more efficient development of EPI-7386 by identifying relevant patient tumor biological subpopulations, the Company said.
  • Price Action: EPIX stock is down 1.13% at $7.86 during the market session on the last check Thursday.

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