On-Q-ity
On-Q-ity is a next generation diagnostics company focused on transforming cancer treatment and improving treatment outcomes for cancer patients. The company is developing innovative diagnostics to identify the unique characteristics of an individual's cancer, predicting the response to therapies, and monitoring the progress of treatment. It achieves this using DNA repair tumor biomarkers to predict the right drug and circulating tumor cells (CTCs) to follow cancer progression. The company's CTC and biomarker technologies originated from research at Massachusetts General and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and MIT, respectively.
http://www.on-q-ity.com- On-Q-ity Sees CTC Test Value for Pharma Studies, PGx Efforts, GenomeWeb Daily News, January 18, 2011
- Personalized medicine races into a foggy regulatory environment, January 12, 2011
- On-Q-ity Names New Chief Scientific Officer, Release, November 16, 2010
- On-Q-ity CEO Named as One of PharmaVoice Magazine's "100 Most Inspiring People in the Life Sciences", Release, August 2, 2010
- On-Q-ity, Led by Former Genzyme Exec, Takes on "Diagnostic Black Hole" in Cancer, Xconomy, July 7, 2010
- On-Q-ity Veteran and first-time biotech CEOs find commonalities, Massachusetts High Tech, June 23, 2010
- On-Q-ity CEO Mara Aspinall Wins Award from Women Entrepreneurs in Science & Technology, Release, June 9, 2010
- On-Q-ity To Present Three Abstracts at ASCO Related to Biomarkers to Predict Cancer Therapy Response, Release, June 2, 2010
- On-Q-ity and EnergyHub Both Named to VC Journal's 20 Most Promising Startups List, Venture Capital Journal, March 30, 2010
- On-Q-ity Named One of Boston's Top 5 Start-Ups to Watch in 2010, Boston Globe, December 18, 2009
- On-Q-ity Names Gary Palmer, M.D. Chief Medical Officer, Release, December 8, 2009
- On-Q-ity, Formed From Two MDV Companies, Nabs $21M To Launch Products, Dow Jones VentureWire, November 2, 2009
- Ex-Genzyme Official to Lead Testing Firm, Boston Globe, November 2, 2009
- Cancer Dx Firm On-Q-ity Debuts with $21M Series A Financing Round, GenomeWeb, November 2, 2009