Summary :
Interpace Biosciences, Inc. (OTCQX: IDXG) (“Interpace” or the “Company”) a leader in enabling personalized medicine, announced today that it was terminating its previously announced rights offering and the mutual termination of the standby purchase agreement with 3K Limited Partnership.
Interpace also announced that it just became aware that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a new billing policy whereby CMS will no longer reimburse for the use of the Company’s ThyGeNEXT® and ThyraMIR® tests when billed together by the same provider/supplier for the same beneficiary on the same date of service. The Company is currently evaluating the new policy’s potential impact on the Company while simultaneously preparing an appeal. The CMS change does not in any way impact the efficacy of the diagnostic information provided to clinicians.
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Tom Burnell, Interpace’s President and CEO stated, “We are disappointed to terminate the rights offering due to the likely adverse impact of the change in CMS’s policy but we are determined to seek alternative sources of financing to support the Company’s business. We will continue to evaluate the impact of the change in the CMS policy and potential changes on the Company’s operations and will keep our stockholders informed.”
Peter Kamin, an affiliate of 3K Limited Partnership, added “In light of the change in CMS’s policy, we are disappointed that we are unable to proceed with the rights offering and the standby purchase agreement. Nevertheless, we look forward to working together with Interpace to assess the change in CMS’s policy and to develop a new plan to satisfy the Company’s financial and operational goals.”
About Interpace Biosciences
Interpace Biosciences is an emerging leader in enabling personalized medicine, offering specialized services along the therapeutic value chain from early diagnosis and prognostic planning to targeted therapeutic applications.
Clinical services, through Interpace Diagnostics, provides clinically useful molecular diagnostic tests, bioinformatics and pathology services for evaluating risk of cancer by leveraging the latest technology in personalized medicine for improved patient diagnosis and management. Interpace has five commercialized molecular tests and one test in a clinical evaluation program (CEP): PancraGEN® for the diagnosis and prognosis of pancreatic cancer from pancreatic cysts; PanDNA, a “molecular only” version of PancraGEN® that provides physicians a snapshot of a limited number of factors; ThyGeNEXT® for the diagnosis of thyroid cancer from thyroid nodules utilizing a next generation sequencing assay; ThyraMIR® for the diagnosis of thyroid cancer from thyroid nodules utilizing a proprietary gene expression assay; and RespriDX® that differentiates lung cancer of primary versus metastatic origin. In addition, BarreGEN®, a molecular based assay that helps resolve the risk of progression of Barrett’s Esophagus to esophageal cancer, is currently in a clinical evaluation program (CEP) whereby we gather information from physicians using BarreGEN® to assist us in gathering clinical evidence relative to the safety and performance of the test and also providing data that will potentially support payer reimbursement.
Pharma services, through Interpace Pharma Solutions, provides pharmacogenomics testing, genotyping, biorepository and other customized services to the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Pharma services also advances personalized medicine by partnering with pharmaceutical, academic, and technology leaders to effectively integrate pharmacogenomics into their drug development and clinical trial programs with the goals of delivering safer, more effective drugs to market more quickly, while also improving patient care.