NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) - OncoMethylome Sciences said yesterday that it has extended an existing agreement with Schering-Plough to provide methylation testing in clinical trials focused on brain cancer and other cancers.
The agreement applies to OncoMethylome’s methylation assay for the MGMT biomarker, which has been shown to be methylated in a number of cancer types.
The company currently provides its MGMT methylation service for Schering-Plough for a multi-center clinical trial that is evaluating whether brain tumor patients can benefit from a more intensive temozolomide drug treatment regimen.
Under the terms of the new agreement, OncoMethylome’s assay will be used for MGMT methylation testing in “multiple national and international clinical trials” involving temozolomide in brain cancer and other cancers, the company said.