Guardant Health and Merck have entered into a multi-year strategic collaboration agreement that aims to develop. Commercialize companion diagnostics and cancer therapy. This partnership is expected to be based on the Guardant Infinity Smart Platform. From this collaboration, the oncology pipeline of Merck will be supported by companion diagnostics. Therefore, this partnership facilitates an improved precision medicine approach for several types of cancer. In this case, companion diagnostics will also make it easy to identify patients who would benefit from targeted therapies. Therefore, treatment may become quicker and more focused on the patient. This collaboration is based on the utilization of Guardant Health technology regarding liquid biopsy. However, it should be noted that Merck has immense experience regarding oncology research and worldwide development.
Advancing Precision Medicine in Oncology
Therefore, both firms have the aspiration of being able to expedite clinical development timelines. Additionally, the Guardant Infinity Smart Platform is utilized with the aim of facilitating high-throughput genomic profiling. Guardant Health looks forward to enhancing the use of its advanced diagnostic capabilities as a result of the partnership. On the other hand, Merck looks forward to synchronizing companion diagnostics with future cancer medicines. Consequently, the collaboration also extends towards a more personal kind of treatment in the area of oncology. This also emphasizes the interest in the use of a treatment approach supported by a biomarker.
“This strategic collaboration allows us to bring the power of the Infinity Smart platform. To some of the most important oncology programs in development today,” said Helmy Eltoukhy, Guardant Health chairman and co-CEO.“As biomarkers become more central to therapy selection. Our goal is to ensure that every trial has the molecular clarity needed to reach the right patients. This collaboration strengthens our shared commitment to rigor, scale, and faster development of life-changing cancer therapies.”
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News Source: Businesswire.com
