OncoMethylome to test its biomarkers on Abbott's samples

24 December 2007

Liege, Belgium-based OncoMethylome Sciences has entered into a pharmacogenomic service collaboration with US health care major Abbott Laboratories. Under the terms of their accord, the former will assist the latter in profiling tumors. Specifically, OncoMethylome will be testing its DNA methylation biomarkers on Abbott's biological samples.

"We are very pleased to add this collaboration to existing similar agreements and to use our high-throughput methylation platform to efficiently test our methylation biomarkers on biological samples provided by Abbott," commented Jim DiGuiseppi, chief technology officer of OncoMethylome. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed.

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