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Thermo Fisher, AstraZeneca Collaborate on NGS-Based Companion Diagnostics

Aim to accelerate development and introduction of targeted precision medicine therapies for patients.

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By: Charlie Sternberg

Associate Editor

Under a multiyear global agreement, Thermo Fisher Scientific’s clinical sequencing business and AstraZeneca will co-develop next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based companion diagnostics (CDx) to support AstraZeneca’s expanding portfolio of targeted therapies.   “As the pipeline of targeted therapies expands, the availability of diagnostic tools that can interrogate multiple biomarkers simultaneously will ensure patients can be matched with the right therapies more rapidly – th...

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