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...
In the absence of the federal funding, cancer research will be leaning on private funders. But few private funders have the freedom to ask fundamental questions—questions whose answers may not have an immediate clinical impact but can dramatically advance scientific knowledge.
