U.S. FDA advisers back approval for Guardant's cancer test

Reuters05-24

May 23 (Reuters) - Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday recommended for the approval of Guardant Health's blood test to detect a cancer that begins in the colon or rectum.

The panel voted seven-to-two in favor of benefits outweighing risks when using the test called Shield for colorectal cancer.

(Reporting by Puyaan Singh and Leroy Leo in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)

((Puyaan.Singh@thomsonreuters.com;))

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