bioMerieux and ExonHit start 3rd cancer diagnostics program

15 January 2007

French firms bioMerieux and ExonHit have initiated the third of their collaborative blood screening programs, which will aim to develop a diagnostic DNA biochip that can identify prostate cancer markers that are indicative of the need for surgical treatment. The companies added that such assays increase the likelihood of early intervention and, therefore, the chance of a successful therapeutic outcome.

Since the collaboration was established in 2001 (Marketletters passim) the firms have undertaken projects focused on the identification of breast and colorectal cancer biomarkers, with the goal of creating diagnostic biochips for each indication.

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