Quanterix sees a bright future for blood biomarkers

Qalsody, Biogen’s therapy for a specific form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, in April became the first neurological drug whose accelerated approval was based on a levels of a surrogate biomarker in patients’ blood. This is great news for Quanterix, maker of the leading blood test for the biomarker in question, neurofilament light chain.