Tempus AI announces national launch of FDA-approved xT CDx test

Tempus AI (TEM) announced the national launch of the company’s FDA-approved, NGS-based in vitro diagnostic device, xT CDx. Beginning today, xT CDx is now available for all ordering clinicians nationwide. xT CDx is a FDA-approved test that delivers comprehensive insights with one of the largest reported gene panels available. xT CDx is a 648-gene next-generation sequencing test for solid tumor profiling, which includes microsatellite instability status and companion diagnostic claims for colorectal cancer patients. xT CDx leverages a normal-matched approach, which is a method of parallel DNA sequencing of a solid tumor and normal patient sample that can lead to more accurate identification of cancer-driving somatic variants. All orders for tumor + normal match tests – traditionally run on the company’s signature xT assay – will now be run as xT CDx with no changes to the current ordering workflow.