LOS ANGELES, Dec. 11, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Response Genetics, Inc. (Nasdaq:RGDX), a company focused on the development and sale of molecular diagnostic tests that help determine a patient's response to cancer therapy, received approval from the New York State Department of Health to offer, market and report results of the Company's ResponseDX® tests to healthcare providers in the State of New York. The State of New York is the third most populated state in the U.S. and the addition of this license should contribute to the continued growth of the Company's ResponseDX® sales in 2015.
New York is the only U.S. state that requires an independent regulatory review process including clinical and technical evaluation for laboratory developed tests. It conducts one of the most demanding investigations including validation of laboratory developed tests and an on-site inspection of each laboratory seeking a New York State clinical laboratory permit. The State's review of the Company was completed after the Company met all of the State's regulatory requirements including a two-day inspection of the Company's CLIA certified laboratory on September 23rd and 24th of this year.
Thomas A. Bologna, the Company's Chairman & Chief Executive Officer stated, "We are extremely pleased to have received approval to market and sell our ResponseDX® testing services in New York State. Recently, we announced that our third quarter 2014 ResponseDX® revenue set another record related to the Company's quarterly ResponseDX® sales. With the expansion of our available market to include New York State, we expect to continue to increase the growth of our ResponseDX® sales."
About Response Genetics, Inc.
Response Genetics, Inc. (the "Company") is a CLIA-certified clinical laboratory focused on the development and sale of molecular diagnostic testing services for cancer. The Company's technologies enable extraction and analysis of genetic information derived from tumor cells stored as formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded specimens. The Company's principal customers include oncologists and pathologists. In addition to diagnostic testing services, the Company generates revenue from the sale of its proprietary analytical pharmacogenomic testing services of clinical trial specimens to the pharmaceutical industry. The Company's headquarters is located in Los Angeles, California. For more information, please visit www.responsegenetics.com.
Forward-Looking Statement Notice
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Such forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties. Such statements may include, without limitation, statements with respect to the Company's plans, objectives, projections, expectations and intentions, such as the ability of the Company, to provide clinical testing services to the medical community, to continue to strengthen and expand its sales force, to continue to build its digital pathology initiative, to attract and retain qualified management, to continue to strengthen marketing capabilities, to expand the suite of ResponseDX® products, to continue to provide the ResponseDX: Tissue of OriginTM test, the TC/PC pathology partnering program, the ResponseDX: Comprehensive Lung Profile, clinical trial support to pharmaceutical clients, to enter into new collaborations with pharmaceutical clients, to enter into areas of companion diagnostics, to continue to execute on its business strategy and operations, to continue to analyze cancer samples and the potential for using the results of this research to develop diagnostic tests for cancer, the usefulness of genetic information to tailor treatment to patients, and other statements identified by words such as "project," "may," "could," "would," "should," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," "plan" or similar expressions.
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