Guardant Health gets coverage from UHC for Guardant360 in lung, breast cancer

Guardant Health (GH), a precision oncology company, announced that UnitedHealthcare (UNH) or UHC now covers the Guardant360 CDx liquid biopsy test for patients enrolled in its commercial policies for all FDA-approved companion diagnostic indications. The test is used by oncologists as a companion diagnostic to assess if patients are eligible for a targeted therapy for advanced or metastatic breast or non-small cell lung cancer, NSCLC . "We are pleased that UnitedHealthcare has taken this important step to make comprehensive genomic profiling more accessible to patients with advanced lung and breast cancer," said Helmy Eltoukhy, Guardant Health co-CEO. "The biomarker identification available through the Guardant360 CDx blood test can enable oncologists to quickly identify patients who may benefit from a therapy targeted to their specific type of mutation to help improve their outcomes. We believe this important decision will help expand patient access to genomic profiling across additional tumor types and healthcare plans in the coming years."