Kenneth W. Kinzler

Part of Quest Diagnostics, Inc., Haystack Oncology, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company based in Baltimore, MD. The Haystack MRD test is CLIA certified in the US and is available for biopharmaceutical clinical development in laboratories located in various locations. The company developed Haystack MRD™, a next-generation tumor-informed approach for the measurement of minimal residual disease. Haystack Oncology works with biopharmaceutical companies to advance important therapeutics to markets, from early phase clinical development to companion diagnostics. The test accelerates clinical development with better MRD testing unmatched sensitivity and specificity for confident MRD detection. The company leverages unmatched sensitivity and specificity to accelerate clinical trials and produce insights that drive biopharma pipeline development. The company was founded in 2021 by Kenneth W. Kinzler, Nickolas Papadopoulos, Joshua Cohen, Bert Vogelstein, and the CEO is Dan Edelstein. Haystack Oncology was acquired by Quest Diagnostics, Inc. on June 21, 2023 for $450 million.

Thrive Earlier Detection Corp. operates as a healthcare company. It focuses on incorporating earlier cancer detection into routine medical care. The company was founded by Bert Vogelstein, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Isaac Kinde, Christoph S. Lengauer, and Nickolas Papadopoulos in 2019 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.