RE: NHS Deal27 Nov 2020 11:38
hi Caterham - firstly, the NHS are part of a 3 year trial, which may eventually lead to Phase studies etc - so FDA is about 5 years down the line. Angle have made their submission already!
Then there is the quality of information - the NHS trial is a welcome move, but is broad spectrum, offering too much information, but useful as a start point. By contrast, Parsortix isolates and harvests live CTC cells that are cancer-specific, which can be tested to determine extent, virulence, treatment etc. So it would be like comparing an axe to a surgical knife, where precision (as opposed to logs) is the grail.
There could be a link up eventually maybe, with the Besos test revealing patients who are then tested more accurately using Parsortix.