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...
How’s this for a paradox: The better cancer centers become at keeping patients alive, the more expensive cancer care becomes. This brutal tradeoff hits harder in rural areas, where the cancer burden is higher and the investigator and clinical trial representation is lower.
