Wednesday 19th of January 2022 12:52:08 PM

Following agreement with Thermo Fisher, Oncocyte shares plunge 24%

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• Following an after-the-closing bell announcement yesterday of a development and co-marketing agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO +0.7%), shares of Oncocyte (OCX -23.5%) fell sharply today.
• The agreement involves in vitro diagnostic assays on Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Ion Torren Genexus System. Oncocyte has rights to develop future companion diagnostics on the Genexus System.
• Oncocyte was up about 1% year to date before today's decline.
• Last month, the company said one of its diagnostic tests is able to predict a patient's response to breast cancer immunotherapy.

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