Singapore, May 7 -- Belgium headquartered firm Biocartis has announced an expansion of its collaboration with Merck Serono Middle East and Merck Saudi, both affiliates of Merck KGaA. The collaboration aims to improve patient access to RAS biomarker testing in the Middle East and North Africa (MEA) region.

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer worldwide, with an estimated incidence of more than 1.9 million new cases annually. Understanding an individual patient's biomarker status is key to support timely treatment decision-making in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Treatment with anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) monoclonal antibody therapies have shown to improve outcomes in patients with RAS wild-type mC...