NanoString Technologies Inc. entered into a collaboration agreement with Merck, through a subsidiary, to develop and commercialize a novel diagnostic assay to predict response to Keytruda (pembrolizumab), Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy. Under the terms of the collaboration agreement, NanoString will be responsible for seeking regulatory approval for and commercialization of the diagnostic test. NanoString will be...
With major leadership changes, grant disruptions and terminations, and a stoked distrust in science, Steven Artandi, the director of Stanford Cancer Center, worries that young investigators will feel disenchanted by the U.S. research atmosphere and take their work and study elsewhere.
