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Roche launches genomic profiling kit to ease cancer research

Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals · 5:36 AM UTC

Roche is launching a new genomic profiling kit that lets cancer researchers explore tumours without having to send tissue samples to centralised laboratories, the Swiss drugmaker said on Monday.

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