Keio University

HemeSight®, the First-in-Japan Comprehensive Genomic Profiling Assay for Hematological Malignancies, Receives Its First Regulatory Approval― HemeSight® hematological malignancies gene panel test approved in Japan

Publish: September 30, 2024
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September 30, 2024

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

National Cancer Center Japan

Kyushu University

Kyoto University

Nagoya Medical Center

The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo

Keio University School of Medicine

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Tokyo); The National Cancer Center Japan (Tokyo); Kyushu University (Fukuoka); Kyoto University (Kyoto); Nagoya Medical Center (Aichi); Advanced Clinical Research Center, The Institute of Medical Science at The University of Tokyo (Tokyo); and Keio University School of Medicine (Tokyo) announce today that Otsuka Pharmaceutical has received approval to manufacture and market HemeSight®, hematological malignancies gene panel test, in Japan. Otsuka will proceed on procedures to qualify HemeSight® for health insurance reimbursement and will start marketing the test as soon as launch preparations are completed.