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Current Status of Companion and Complementary Diagnostics: Strategic Considerations for Development and Launch

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US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)‐approved diagnostic assays play an increasingly common role in managing patients to prolong lifespan while also enhancing quality of life. Diagnostic assays can be essential… Click to show full abstract

US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)‐approved diagnostic assays play an increasingly common role in managing patients to prolong lifespan while also enhancing quality of life. Diagnostic assays can be essential for the safe and effective use of therapeutics (companion diagnostic), or may inform on improving the benefit/risk ratio without restricting drug access (complementary diagnostic). This tutorial reviews strategic considerations for drug and assay development resulting in FDA‐approved companion or complementary diagnostic status.

Keywords: companion; current status; strategic considerations; companion complementary; development

Journal Title: Clinical and Translational Science
Year Published: 2017

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