Exact Sciences Announces Exclusive License with Freenome for Blood-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Exact Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ: EXAS), a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, and Freenome, a biotechnology company pioneering an early cancer detection platform, today announced they have entered into an agreement under which Exact Sciences will acquire exclusive rights in the United States to current and future versions of Freenome’s blood-based, single indication, colorectal cancer (CRC) screening tests. Complete findings from the prospecti
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