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Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced that on February 11, 2025, the Compensation Committee of Guardant’s Board of Directors approved the granting of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) representing 110,681 shares of its common stock to 102 new non-executive employees and one non-qualified stock option award to purchase 22,091 shares of its common stock to one new non-executive employee with a grant date of February 24, 2025 under the Guardant Health, Inc. 2023 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan (the “Inducement Plan”). The RSUs and stock options were granted as inducements material to the employees entering into employment with Guardant in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the results of the second annual “Closing the Gap: CRC Screening Insights” survey, which showed that nine out of ten physicians surveyed are concerned about the percentage of their patients who do not complete colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. In many cases, this is due to patient fear and anxiety, but a blood test option offers hope to increase screening rates.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today reported financial results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2024.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the company will be participating in the following investor conferences.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced that on February 6, 2025, it entered into privately negotiated exchange agreements (the “Exchange Agreements”) with certain holders of its outstanding 0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2027 (the “2027 Notes”), pursuant to which the Company will issue $600 million aggregate principal amount of 1.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2031 (the “New Notes”) in exchange for the retirement of approximately $659.3 million principal amount of 2027 Notes (the “Transactions”). The initial conversion rate of the New Notes will be 16.0716 shares of Guardant Health’s common stock (the “common stock”), per $1,000 principal amount of New Notes, which represents an initial conversion price of approximately $62.22 per share of common stock, which reflects a conversion premium of approximately 35% to the last reported sale price of Guardant Health’s common stock on February 6, 2025. The maturity date of the New Notes is February 15, 2031. Following the closing of the Transactions, which is expected to occur on or about February 14, 2025, subject to customary closing conditions, approximately $490.7 million in aggregate principal amount of 2027 Notes will remain outstanding with terms unchanged, in addition to $600 million aggregate principal amount of the New Notes.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced it will report financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2024 after market close on Thursday, February 20, 2025. Company management will webcast a corresponding conference call beginning at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time / 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced an agreement with the Abu Dhabi Public Health Center (ADPHC) to introduce a non-invasive blood-based screening program for colorectal cancer using Guardant’s Shield™ test. The agreement was set up through Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC, a multinational pharmaceutical group and regional partner for Guardant in the Middle East and North Africa, and will be administered by the M42 healthcare system.1

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the company and its research collaborators will present data showcasing the benefits of Guardant’s precision oncology tools across cancer screening, recurrence monitoring, treatment selection and therapy development at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium (ASCO GI) in San Francisco, January 23-25, 2025.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced that Palmetto GBA, a Medicare administrative contractor that administers the Molecular Diagnostics Services program (MolDX), granted coverage for the Guardant Reveal test to monitor for disease recurrence in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) following curative intent therapy. Guardant Reveal, which runs on Guardant’s Smart Liquid Biopsy platform, is a blood test that uses epigenomic (methylation) analysis to detect circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), a marker of minimal residual disease (MRD), to predict cancer recurrence, helping to guide clinical decisions after surgery or chemotherapy.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, and ConcertAI, a leading oncology real-world evidence data and AI SaaS technology company, today announced a collaboration agreement that allows biopharmaceutical companies to access the first multi-modal real-world data (RWD) that integrates comprehensive patient electronic medical record (EMR) data with both genomic and epigenomic tumor profiling information across the continuum of cancer care.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced preliminary, unaudited results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2024.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has selected the company’s Shield™ multi-cancer detection (MCD) test for use in its Vanguard study, which will address the feasibility of using MCD tests in future clinical trials related to cancer screening. MCD tests are blood tests that can screen for several types of cancers simultaneously.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the company will participate in the upcoming 43rd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, and Meaningful Insights Biotech Analytics (MiBA), an innovative healthcare technology company, today announced a unique partnership aimed at optimizing the use of biomarker testing and data analytics to advance precision medicine in patient care throughout the MiBA Network.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced a collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim to pursue the regulatory approval and commercialization of the Guardant360® CDx liquid biopsy as a companion diagnostic (CDx) for zongertinib, an investigational covalent tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) that selectively inhibits HER2 while sparing epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the company and its research collaborators will present data demonstrating the benefits of its precision oncology tests, real-world clinical-genomic database and AI analytics in optimizing therapy selection, identifying resistance mutations, and predicting long-term outcomes at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) 2024 in San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 10-13, 2024.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced that on October 22, 2024, the Compensation Committee of Guardant’s Board of Directors approved the granting of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) representing 233,603 shares of its common stock to 123 new non-executive employees and non-qualified stock option awards to purchase an aggregate of 50,349 shares of its common stock to three new non-executive employees with a grant date of November 8, 2024 under the Guardant Health, Inc. 2023 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan (the “Inducement Plan”). The RSUs and stock options were granted as inducements material to the employees entering into employment with Guardant in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2024.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the company will participate in the following investor conferences.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the inclusion of its blood-based colorectal cancer screening product Shield in TIME’s annual list of the Best Inventions, which features 200 extraordinary innovations changing lives.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the company and its research collaborators will present data supporting the critical role of blood-based testing in increasing overall colorectal cancer (CRC) screening adherence at the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) 2024 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Oct. 25-30, 2024.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a pioneer in precision oncology, today announced the appointment of Roberto A. Mignone to its board of directors, effective immediately. Mr. Mignone is the Founder and Managing Partner of Bridger Management LLC, an investment management firm founded in 2000 and specializing in long-term equity strategies.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced it will report financial results for the third quarter 2024 after market close on Wednesday, November 6, 2024. Company management will webcast a corresponding conference call beginning at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time / 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the peer-reviewed journal Nature Medicine published results from the SCRUM-Japan GOZILA study confirming that selecting targeted therapy on the basis of Guardant360® CDx liquid biopsy results may significantly extend survival for patients with advanced cancer.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the company and its research collaborators will present data from several studies utilizing Guardant technology to advance precision oncology at the European Society for Medical Oncology Congress (ESMO) in Barcelona, Spain, Sept. 13-17, 2024.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced a partnership with the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic Foundation IRCCS (“Policlinico Gemelli”) to establish an in-house liquid biopsy testing service as a part of its diagnostics services within its hospital system. Leveraging Guardant Health’s cutting-edge proprietary digital sequencing platform, this initiative will include on-site analysis of Guardant360® CDx liquid biopsy tests directly within the Policlinico Gemelli facilities in Rome, Italy.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the company will participate in the upcoming Morgan Stanley 22nd Annual Global Healthcare Conference in New York, NY.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the company will ring the opening bell at the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square, New York on Wednesday, August 28, 2024.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the company will participate in the following investor conferences.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2024.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, will publish results today from the COSMOS study confirming the high sensitivity and specificity of the Guardant Reveal blood test in predicting recurrence of colorectal cancer (CRC).

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced that its Shield™ blood test, recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is now covered by Medicare and is commercially available in the U.S. as the first FDA-approved blood test for primary colorectal cancer (CRC) screening.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the acceptance of its health outcomes study, the CAN-SCREEN model, for publication in the Journal of Medical Economics, highlighting the importance of combining clinically meaningful screening performance with high patient adherence in colorectal cancer (CRC) screening to optimize CRC-related health outcomes.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company’s Shield™ blood test for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in adults age 45 and older who are at average risk for the disease. It is the first blood test to be approved by the FDA as a primary screening option for CRC, meaning healthcare providers can offer Shield in a manner similar to all other non-invasive methods recommended in screening guidelines. Shield is also the first blood test for CRC screening that meets the requirements for Medicare coverage.1

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced it will report financial results for the second quarter 2024 after market close on Wednesday, August 7, 2024. Company management will webcast a corresponding conference call beginning at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time / 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

Guardant Health, Inc. (NASDAQGH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the launch of a major upgrade to its market-leading Guardant360 liquid biopsy test. The new enhanced test evaluates biomarkers in 739 genes in total, which is 10 times more cancer biomarkers than the previous version of Guardant360 evaluated. The test can also identify an extensive array of emerging biomarkers to precisely characterize cancer and can quantify disease burden at much higher sensitivity. The biomarkers, or gene alterations, detected by the test enable oncologists to identify the targeted treatment strategies that are most effective for patients with advanced cancer.

Guardant Health, Inc. (NASDAQGH), a pioneer in precision oncology, today announced the appointment of Dr. Manuel Hidalgo Medina to its board of directors, effective immediately. Dr. Hidalgo currently serves as Chief of the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.

Guardant Health, Inc. (NASDAQGH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the launch of a new version of its Guardant360 TissueNext test that expands the number of genes it identifies in a tumor tissue sample to 498. These genes, or cancer biomarkers, enable oncologists to identify the targeted therapies or treatment strategies that are most effective for patients with advanced cancer. In addition to the panel expansion, Guardant has improved the test’s operational workflow for a faster turnaround time.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, announced its research collaborators from Washington University’s Siteman Cancer Center will lead an oral presentation today at the 2024 American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting highlighting the potential role of liquid biopsy in addressing racial inequities in enrollment in clinical trials and in the use of targeted therapies for advanced breast cancer.

Guardant Health, Inc. (NASDAQGH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced its inclusion in the fourth-annual TIME100 Most Influential Companies list, highlighting companies making an extraordinary impact around the world.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the company and its research collaborators will present data from 16 studies highlighting the role of Guardant blood tests and real-world data in advancing precision oncology and cancer screening at the 2024 American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, May 31-June 4 in Chicago.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the Molecular and Clinical Genetics Panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Medical Devices Advisory Committee has strongly recommended FDA approval of the company’s Shield™ blood test for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in adults age 45 and older who are at average risk for the disease.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced that Nasdaq has temporarily halted trading of the company's stock.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the company will participate in the following investor conferences.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced certification for its Guardant360® CDx blood test under the European Union’s In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR 2017/746). The certification from TÜV SÜD Product Service is for tumor mutation profiling in patients with any solid cancerous tumor and for companion diagnostic indications to identify patients who may benefit from certain targeted therapies for advanced non-small cell lung cancer and breast cancer.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced that on April 22, 2024, the Compensation Committee of Guardant’s Board of Directors approved the granting of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) representing 215,601 shares of its common stock to 94 new non-executive employees and non-qualified stock option awards to purchase an aggregate of 98,076 shares of its common stock to three new non-executive employees with a grant date of May 13, 2024, under the Guardant Health, Inc., 2023 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan (the “Inducement Plan”). The RSUs and stock options were granted as inducements material to the employees entering into employment with Guardant in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced it will present data from two real-world studies at the 2024 Digestive Disease Week (DDW) meeting in Washington, DC, highlighting the value of the company’s Shield™ test in colorectal cancer (CRC) screening.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2024.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the company will participate in the following investor conferences.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced its achievement of surpassing a significant milestone of 500 peer-reviewed publications featuring its technology in esteemed scientific journals. This milestone highlights Guardant Health’s leadership, amassing one of the most robust portfolios of relevant liquid biopsy research studies in the industry.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the Molecular and Clinical Genetics Panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Medical Devices Advisory Committee is scheduled to review the premarket approval (PMA) application for the company’s Shield™ blood test for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening on Thursday, May 23, 2024.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced it will report financial results for the first quarter 2024 after market close on Thursday, May 9, 2024. Company management will webcast a corresponding conference call beginning at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time / 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced it will present data from nine studies highlighting advances in methylation-based epigenomic analysis for precision oncology at the 2024 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting, April 5-10 in San Diego.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced that results from the ECLIPSE study showing the effectiveness of its ShieldTM blood test for detecting colorectal cancer (CRC) in average-risk adults will be published in the March 14 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced that on February 15, 2024, the Compensation Committee of Guardant’s Board of Directors approved the granting of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) representing 218,236 shares of its common stock to 82 new non-executive employees and non-qualified stock option awards to purchase an aggregate of 29,048 shares of its common stock to one new non-executive employee with a grant date of February 26, 2024 under the Guardant Health, Inc. 2023 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan (the “Inducement Plan”). Additionally, the Compensation Committee approved an RSU award representing 52,136 shares of common stock and a non-qualified stock option award to purchase an aggregate of 78,204 shares of common stock to Terilyn Juarez Monroe under the Inducement Plan who joined Guardant as its Chief People Officer, in connection with her commencement of employment. The RSUs and stock options were granted as inducements material to the employees entering into employment with Guardant in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the results of a new survey showing patients and physicians overwhelmingly agree that blood-based testing could help close the colorectal cancer (CRC) screening gap by offering a more pleasant and convenient option.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today reported financial results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the company will participate in the following investor conferences.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced it will report financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2023 after market close on Thursday, February 22, 2024. Company management will webcast a corresponding conference call beginning at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time / 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, will present interim data from the COSMOS study supporting the use of Guardant Reveal to predict disease recurrence in patients with early-stage colon cancer at the ASCO 2024 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, January 18-20 in San Francisco.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced preliminary, unaudited results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (“Hikma”), a multinational pharmaceutical company, today announced an agreement to promote Guardant Health’s portfolio of liquid and tissue biopsy tests for cancer screening, recurrence monitoring and tumor mutation profiling across all solid cancers in countries across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the addition of Terilyn Juarez Monroe as the company’s chief people officer, effective immediately.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced that it has entered into a common stock purchase agreement with Baillie Gifford on behalf of accounts that it manages for the sale of 3,387,446 shares of its common stock in a registered direct offering at an offering price of $26.77 per share.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the company will participate in the upcoming 42nd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Molecular and Clinical Genetics Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee is tentatively scheduled to review the premarket approval application (PMA) for the company’s Shield™ blood test to screen for colorectal cancer on March 28, 2024. The date and details of the meeting are subject to confirmation by the FDA and publication in the Federal Register.

Cancer Research UK, one of the world’s largest charitable funders of cancer research, its innovation unit, Cancer Research Horizons, and Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced a collaboration to explore the sharing of technologies, data, and insights to advance the development and precision of cancer detection and treatment.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, will present data showing the utility of liquid biopsy tests in the management of breast cancer patients at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, December 5-9 in San Antonio, Texas. Highlights of the eight poster presentations include the use of blood-based testing to identify actionable biomarkers and predict therapy response in advanced breast cancer, and to detect residual disease and predict recurrence in patients with early-stage breast cancer.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced that on November 8, 2023, the Compensation Committee of Guardant’s Board of Directors granted restricted stock units (“RSUs”) representing 50,741 shares of its common stock to 43 new non-executive employees under the Guardant Health, Inc. 2023 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan (the “Inducement Plan”). The RSUs were granted as inducements material to the employees entering into employment with Guardant in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced it intends to appeal yesterday’s verdict in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware related to intellectual property claims brought against Guardant by TwinStrand Biosciences, Inc. and University of Washington.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company focused on helping conquer cancer globally through use of its proprietary tests, vast data sets and advanced analytics, today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2023.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the company will participate in the following investor conferences:

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, and Flatiron Health, a leading healthtech company dedicated to expanding the possibilities of point of care solutions in oncology and closing the gap between research and care, today announced an initiative to integrate Guardant’s comprehensive genomic profiling tests within Flatiron’s OncoEMR®, a leading cloud-based electronic medical record (EMR) tool.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced that initial results from the PEGASUS trial suggest liquid biopsy may be used in post-surgical clinical management to reduce unnecessary toxicity from chemotherapy and improve the response to standard chemotherapy regimens in patients with stage III or high-risk stage II colon cancer. Results from the trial, which is an ISS study sponsored by IFOM ETS – the AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology in Milan, Italy, and supported by Guardant Health, were presented today by study investigators at the ESMO Congress in Madrid, Spain.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced the company will report financial results for the third quarter of 2023 after market close on Monday, November 6, 2023. Company management will be webcasting a corresponding conference call beginning at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time / 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.