Third Wave Technologies’ HPV tests
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Firm commences clinical trials of two human papillomavirus (HPV) tests, for which it expects to apply to FDA for marketing go-ahead in 2007. The products include a screening test to detect the presence of 14 high-risk types of HPV and a genotyping test to detect HPV types 16 and 18. HPV types 16 and 18 are responsible for about 70% of cervical cancer cases, Third Wave says. The firm and competitor Digene recently agreed to forego patent litigation against each other for one year (1"The Gray Sheet" April 17, 2006, p. 18)...