Thursday, September 23, 2010

Samsung Medical Center and Pfizer Inc. form a research partnership

Here's some interesting news from ddn (Drug Discovery News):

SEOUL, South Korea—Aimed at enhancing the clinical outcomes of patients suffering from liver cancer, Samsung Medical Center and Pfizer Inc. have formed a research partnership to jointly analyze tumors from Korean patients to generate gene expression profiles that could hold the keys to more effective therapies.

Under the terms of the partnership, Seoul-based Samsung will provide the patient samples, while Pfizer will conduct genomic profiling on the samples and analyze the data in order to link gene signatures to patient outcomes.

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