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Representative image: A blood-based mRNA biomarker test could mark a turning point for objective psychiatric diagnostics as Laguna Diagnostics advances its FDA breakthrough-designated tool to help clinicians differentiate schizophrenia from bipolar I disorder.

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Why the FDA breakthrough pathway matters for Laguna Diagnostics’ psychiatric test

by Pallavi Madhiraju
April 29, 2026
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Psychiatry needs objective diagnostics. Laguna Diagnostics now faces the harder test: proving mRNA biomarkers can scale in real care.

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