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Immuno-Oncology Is Making Pharma Step Up Its Diagnostics Game

 
• By Alex Vadas

Immuno-oncology has significant diagnostic needs including identifying patients most likely to respond to therapies. Current diagnostic approaches often fall short, due in large part to the complexity of the biology driving therapy responsiveness. As such, the biopharma industry is exploring many emerging approaches covering tumor, immune and even microbiome-related pathways and biomarkers.

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Immuno-oncology represents a paradigm shift in cancer treatment, with the first wave of PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitors such asOpdivo (nivolumab, from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.) and Keytruda (Merck & Co. Inc.’s pembrolizumab) demonstrating cure-like performance in selected metastatic tumors such as non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and melanoma.

This efficacy is driving significant checkpoint inhibitor adoption, and analysts project the class alone could represent a $29 billion global...

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