“Our liquid biopsy test alone, we estimate one in four cancer patients in the US are getting it,” Helmy Eltoukhy, cofounder and co-CEO of Guardant Health, tells Bloomberg Intelligence in this episode of the Vanguards of Health Care podcast. Eltoukhy joins BI analyst Jonathan Palmer to discuss the underpinnings of the liquid biopsy revolution and how Guardant has stuck to its technology road map since its founding in 2012, launching products in each of the three major market categories. The conversations also covers the company’s recent approval of its Shield colorectal screening test as well as many of the scientific and commercial challenges to standing up the business.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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