Abbott to work with J&J on genetic test for leukemia drug

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Abbott to work with J&J on genetic test for leukemia drug

(Reuters) - Abbott Laboratories said on Thursday it was working with Johnson & Johnson to see if a genetic diagnostic test made by Abbott would help to identify patients most likely to benefit from a promising experimental leukemia treatment. The drug, ibrutinib, which is being developed by J&J and Pharmacyclics Inc for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), recently became one of the first five drugs to receive the new "breakthrough" designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. ...

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