FDA Approves the HepQuant SHUNT® Liver Diagnostic Test to Quantify Risk of Large Esophageal Varices in Adult Patients with Compensated Cirrhosis (Child Pugh Class A)
HepQuant announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the premarket approval (PMA) for the HepQuant SHUNT® Liver Diagnostic Test. The test generates a Disease Severity Index (DSI) score which aids in identifying patients unlikely to require esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) at the time of testing. A DSI score below the clinically validated threshold of 18.3 can be used in patients with compensated cirrhosis (Child Pugh Class A), age 22 years or older, undergoing screening or surveillance for esophageal varices to identify those patients unlikely to have large esophageal varices.
HepQuant Names Investment Banking Industry Veteran Chris Jensen to Business Advisory Board
HepQuant, LLC, a Denver, Colorado-based company with a unique, patented and patent-pending technology for evaluating the liver in patients with chronic liver disease, today announced that former J.P. Morgan Investment Banker Chris Jensen has been named to HepQuant’s Business Advisory Board.
