OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Presents Data For Notch1 Diagnostic Assay At The 19th European Hematology Association Congress

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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 14, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OncoMed Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq:OMED), a clinical-stage company developing novel therapeutics that target cancer stem cells (CSCs), or tumor-initiating cells, will present data for a novel assay developed with researchers at MolecularMD, Inc. to identify Notch1 mutation status in patients with certain hematologic malignancies. These data are being presented at the 19th European Hematology Association (EHA) Congress. OncoMed’s Notch1 mutation biomarker assay is being developed as a companion diagnostic to identify patients whose cancer may be more likely to benefit from treatment with the company’s anti-Notch1 antibody, OMP-52M51.

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