Myriad Genetics 2nd Foundational Patent Granted for Molecular Residual Disease with Early Priority Date

 Myriad Genetics, Inc., (NASDAQ: MYGN), a leader in genetic testing and precision medicine, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a second patent that will strengthen its ability to deliver a tumor-informed, high-definition, molecular residual disease (MRD) assay to market. 

U.S. patent no. 12,024,749, entitled “Combinatorial DNA Screening,” covers Myriad’s groundbreaking platform MRD technology, which enables highly sensitive and specific tumor-informed, sequencing-based MRD assays such as Precise MRD. Specifically, the patented method relates to detecting circulating tumor DNA in patient fluid samples, including blood and plasma.

Earlier this year, Myriad Genetics announced its complementary patent granted for the company’s methods of preparing cell-free DNA that also enables high sensitivity tumor informed MRD assays. Together, these two patents support Myriad’s pioneering efforts to establish a proprietary and differentiated MRD assay that tracks thousands of tumor-specific variants identified via genome-scale sequencing technology, making it capable of detecting tumor DNA at lower levels than other products in the market today.

https://www.biospace.com/article/releases/myriad-genetics-announces-second-foundational-patent-granted-for-molecular-residual-disease-mrd-with-early-priority-date/