Castle Biosciences Inc.'s Decisiondx Diffdx-Melanoma test is now commercially available to help dermatopathologists better characterize melanocytic lesions. About 15% of suspicious pigmented skin lesions cannot be definitively determined to be benign or malignant using common methods. The new gene expression profile test reduces the number of indeterminate results by more than 70%.
With avacopan’s PDUFA date in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (ANCA vasculitis) set for next summer, Chemocentryx Inc. rolled out long-awaited, COVID-19-delayed top-line findings from the company’s phase II, 390-patient Aurora study testing the compound for hidradenitis suppurativa (HS).