Reflecting on 2024: A Year of Growth, Innovation, and Partnership at Pillar Biosciences
In 2024, Pillar Biosciences made significant strides in advancing our mission of Decision Medicine™ and improving cancer diagnostics through rapid, innovative Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) kitted solutions. We’ve made substantial advancements and improved access to precision oncology solutions globally. Here is a summary of select key achievements in 2024: FDA Approval of oncoReveal® CDx In April, Pillar […]
Pillar Biosciences Enters into Strategic Licensing Agreement for MSK’s OncoKB™ Precision Medicine Knowledgebase
Agreement aims to enhance Pillar’s PiVat® bioinformatics platform with downstream reporting capabilities. NATICK, Mass – January 7, 2025 – Pillar Biosciences, Inc. has entered into a strategic five-year licensing agreement with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) for its proprietary OncoKB™ precision medicine knowledgebase. OncoKB™ is the first somatic human variant database to receive FDA […]
Cancer Centers Look to New NGS-Based ‘Frankenpanel’ to Get Fast Info on Clinically Actionable Genes
Originally posted on Genomeweb Premium by Andrew P. Han September 12, 2024 NEW YORK – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is in the process of implementing a new rapid sequencing-based cancer panel to complement ongoing comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP). The assay, branded as MSK-React, is based on a new panel from Pillar Biosciences, recently launched as […]
Pillar Biosciences to Present Impactful Research Data at 2024 Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) Annual Meeting
Natick, MA – November 14, 2024 – Pillar Biosciences, Inc., the leader in Decision Medicine™, announced its participation in the 2024 Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) Annual Meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The company and scientific collaborators will collectively present ten studies and host three corporate workshops, showcasing their latest advancements in Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology and oncology […]
Pillar Biosciences Receives CPT® Code for FDA Approved oncoReveal™ CDx Pan-Cancer Solid Tumor IVD Kit
Natick, MA – October 24, 2024 – Pillar Biosciences, Inc., the leader in Decision Medicine™, today announced that they have been granted a unique CPT® Proprietary Laboratory Analyses (PLA) code 0523U from the American Medical Association (AMA) for their FDA approved oncoReveal™ CDx pan-cancer solid tumor in vitro diagnostic (IVD) NGS kit. oncoReveal™ CDx is a NGS […]
Pillar Biosciences Announces Expansion of NGS Commercial Partnership with Illumina
Enables content for newly launched Illumina MiSeq™ i100 and expands Illumina oncology panel portfolio to include targeted liquid biopsy panels Natick, MA – October 16, 2024 – Pillar Biosciences, Inc., the leader in Decision Medicine™, has today announced an expansion of their existing partnership with Illumina, through which a broader portfolio of Pillar’s oncoReveal™ NGS panels will now be […]
Pillar Biosciences Partners with AstraZeneca to Help Accelerate Access to Liquid Biopsy Testing
Partnership aims to make liquid biopsy tumor profiling more accessible to local laboratories, clinicians and patients through rapid, affordable, kitted NGS testing solutions. Natick, MA – September 10, 2024 – Pillar Biosciences, Inc., has entered into a strategic partnership with AstraZeneca to expand laboratory access to molecular testing, using rapid, Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)-based liquid biopsy tumor profiling […]
Pillar Biosciences Launches oncoReveal™ Nexus To Help Accelerate the Delivery of Targeted Therapy
Natick, MA – August 27, 2024 – Pillar Biosciences, Inc., the leader in Decision Medicine™, has announced the global launch of oncoReveal™ Nexus, a research-use-only (RUO) next-generation sequencing (NGS) kit designed to enable laboratories with a rapid, targeted solution for solid and hematological malignancies to help accelerate the delivery of targeted therapy. A team at New York’s Memorial Sloan […]
Pillar Biosciences’ FDA Approved Solid Tumor NGS Kit oncoReveal™ CDx Launched at Molecular Pathology Laboratory Network, Inc.
Natick, MA – July 30, 2024 – Pillar Biosciences, Inc., the leader in Decision Medicine™, has announced that Molecular Pathology Laboratory Network, Inc., (MPLN) is now the first national molecular reference laboratory to verify and launch oncoReveal™ CDx. The oncoReveal™ CDx pan-cancer solid tumor IVD kit has been FDA PMA approved for general tumor profiling for 22 clinically […]
Pillar Biosciences oncoReveal™ CDx pan-cancer solid tumor IVD now FDA approved for general tumor profiling on the Illumina MiSeq™Dx System
Company continues to execute on its global strategy to bring highly accurate and sensitive NGS cancer diagnostics to enable localized testing Natick, MA – April 23, 2024 Pillar Biosciences, Inc., the leader in Decision Medicine™, which develops and distributes next-generation sequencing (NGS) tests to localize testing and reduce time to treatment initiation and testing costs, today […]