Biocept Inc BIOCQ

Healthcare Medical Instruments & Supplies

Biocept, Inc. is a molecular diagnostics company with commercialized assays for patients with carcinomas or melanomas. The Company has developed a patented methodology to isolate cancer material that is shed from the primary tumor, such as CSF tumor cells (CSF-TCs) and cell-free DNA (cfDNA). As such, it is a commercial provider of testing services designed to enable clinicians to rapidly detect and monitor cancer biomarkers from a cerebrospinal fluid sample. The Company operates a clinical laboratory and manufactures cell enrichment and extraction microfluidic channels, related equipment and certain reagents to perform the Company’s diagnostic assays in a facility located in San Diego, California. The assays the Company offers are classified as laboratory developed tests (LDT) under the CLIA regulations. The Company’s assays, performed on cerebral spinal fluid, have the potential to provide more contemporaneous information on the characteristics of a patient’s disease.