HONG KONG – South Korea’s Genomictree Co. Ltd. has said its U.S. branch, Promis Diagnostics Inc., based in Pasadena, Calif., gained $30.8 million in funds this month. The Daejeon-based company has secured $40.8 million for its U.S. subsidiary since founding it in August 2019.

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has significantly relaxed the national restrictions on coverage of next-generation sequencing for cancer, affirming that early-stage breast and ovarian cancer patients will be covered. However, Medicare administrative contractors can cover tests that have not been reviewed by the FDA, a move that should also significantly boost utilization for makers of next-generation sequencing systems in clinical labs.