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Roche Licenses Rights to Develop Assay, Companion Dx for EGFR Mutations

Nov 23, 2010

By a GenomeWeb staff reporter

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Roche today announced agreements to develop a diagnostic assay for the detection of epidermal growth-factor receptor mutations and a PCR-based companion diagnostic test to identify patients with non-small cell lung cancer with EGFR-activating mutations.

In separate agreements, Roche has obtained a worldwide sub-license from Genzyme to develop the EGFR assay, and will collaborate with OSI Pharmaceuticals to develop the companion diagnostic.

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