AstraZeneca taps Roche, Qiagen for new blood-based cancer drug tests

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AstraZeneca taps Roche, Qiagen for new blood-based cancer drug tests

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/astrazeneca-taps-roche-qiagen-blood-based-cancer-drug-061925035--finance.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2TzwQ3nG1WEBe26p3vxlog--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-07-28T061925Z_1_LYNXMPEA6R05Q_RTROPTP_2_ASTRAZENECA-PFIZER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A sign is seen at an AstraZeneca site in Macclesfield" align="left" title="A sign is seen at an AstraZeneca site in Macclesfield" border="0" /></a>AstraZeneca has signed up Roche and Qiagen to develop two separate diagnostic tests, both using simple blood samples, to identify patients who will benefit from its lung cancer drugs. Currently testing patients to see if their tumors contain genetic mutations that make them suitable for drug treatment involves collecting a sample of tissue by needle biopsy or during surgery. The collaboration with Qiagen involves developing such a test to accompany AstraZeneca's established lung cancer pill Iressa, while the agreement with Roche is for a companion diagnostic to go with AstraZeneca's experimental successor to Iressa called AZD9291.</p><br clear="all"/>

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