Quintiles today announced the availability of anatomic pathology services through its central laboratory in Beijing, China, to help biopharmaceutical companies develop more effective cancer treatments. These services complement assay development, digital pathology and core lab offerings available through the facility to help customers comply with China’s restrictions on tissue import/export.
“These capabilities enable personalized medicine and enhance oncology research to bring medicines to market faster.”
“Within China, we are providing the tools and infrastructure to investigate cancer and match patients with optimum treatments for their genetic makeup,” said Christopher Ung, Vice President Strategic Business and Operations, Oncology for Quintiles. “These capabilities enable personalized medicine and enhance oncology research to bring medicines to market faster.”
Quintiles is a leader in developing novel biomarker assays to support clinical development of targeted therapies and other personalized medicine advances. Today, at labs in China, Scotland and the United States, Quintiles can perform Immunohistochemistry (IHC) and Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) testing. In addition, Quintiles’ biomarker tests – such as PI3K, PTEN, HER2, EGFR and MET – are used to target genes that affect cancer cell growth and mutation. Quintiles is the only laboratory that has validated numerous assays for PI3K, including PI3K amplification, PI3K mutational analysis, PTEN IHC and others.