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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – March 6, 2024 – The Florida legislature passed a bill late Tuesday that expands patient access to biomarker testing, a key tool used by physicians to identify the most effective treatment of cancer and other diseases. In the case of a cancer diagnosis, biomarker testing allows doctors to develop a personalized treatment plan so patients may not have to undergo unsuccessful treatments. It can help ...

... of these efforts, the House of Representatives of the State of Iowa issued a resolution designating March of each year as Precision Medicine and Biomarker Testing Awareness Month. Dubbed ‘the right treatment, to the right patient, at the right time,’ precision medicine has played a critical role in improving cancer outcomes. For example, patients with certain types of lung cancer who received biomarker testing had a 28% reduction in mortality. But in order to determine if a patient will benefit from certain targeted therapies, doctors ...

... and Assembly Speaker Heastie signed by 100 organizations calling for the New York State Legislature to preserve Medicaid patient access to biomarker testing by rejecting the proposed rollback of coverage criteria included in the 2026-27 Executive Budget.  Read the letter here. Signers of the ... Lung Association American Parkinson's Disease Association American Society of Pharmacovigilance Arthritis Foundation Autoimmune Association Biomarker Collaborative Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester Cactus Cancer Society Cancer Support Community Cancer Support Team Cancer Care Center ...

... Network (ACS CAN) volunteers from across Arizona rallied at the State Capitol Monday to urge lawmakers to pass legislation that would ensure biomarker testing is covered by more insurance plans, including Medicaid, when patients need it. Biomarker testing is critical in accessing precision medicine, including targeted therapies that can lead to improved survivorship and better ...