20 Jan, 2024
FRANKFURT, GERMANY, NEW YORK, USA – January 19, 2024 : SkylineDx and NeraCare today announced that they will not continue their strategic partnership. The initial intent was to identify and collaborate in areas where the companies would have synergies for further assay development and optimization of NeraCare's IHC assay. After an evaluation phase both companies jointly concluded that they will proceed independently. About SkylineDx SkylinDx is a biotechnology company focused on research & development of molecular diagnostics in oncology and inflammatory diseases. SkylineDx uses its expertise to bridge the gap between academically discovered gene expression signatures and commercially available diagnostic products with high clinical utility, assisting healthcare professionals in accurately determining the type or status of disease or predicting a patient’s response to treatment. Based on test results, healthcare professionals can tailor the treatment approach to the individual patient. SkylineDx is headquartered in Rotterdam. the Netherlands, complemented by a U.S. base of operations and a CAP/CLIA certified laboratory in San Diego California, USA. To learn more about SkylineDx, please visit www.skylinedx.com. About NeraCare NeraCare is a developer of laboratory tests for individualized survival prediction of melanoma patients with offices in Frankfurt, Germany and New York, USA. The current portfolio includes two assays: (i) immunoprint®, an immunohistochemistry-based assay which identifies patients with early-stage melanoma who are at high-risk of relapse and death and (ii) MelaGenix®, a gene-expression-based assay which was used as an inclusion criterion in the NivoMela trial. NivoMela is the first clinical trial in melanoma to select patients for adjuvant treatment based on individualized risk for relapse.