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Diagnostics Collaboration Expansion

ABBOTT LABORATORIES · 2026-08-14 · Importance 31 · Surprise 42 · In source text

Abbott will sell Freenome’s SimpleScreen CRC colorectal-cancer blood test in the United States. Freenome received FDA breakthrough-device designation for its SimpleScreen Lung test for high-risk individuals. The two tests use a blood-based platform combining DNA-methylation patterns with AI algorithms, expanding Abbott’s commercial diagnostics offering.

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revenuepositiveprobable—Abbott Laboratories will sell Freenome's SimpleScreen CRC test in the US.