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Yes No 7 days Archive May 11, 2005 Lilly, Roche developing tests to match patients, cancer drugs Indianapolis (Bloomberg) - Roche Holding AG, the biggest maker of cancer drugs and diagnostic tests, will work with Indianapolis-based drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co.

to develop tests to measure which patients will benefit from two cancer drugs.The tests may help identify which patients are most likely to respond to Lilly's The two companies will work with privately held Response Genetics Inc.

on the "biomarker" tests."This agreement is excellent news for both physicians and patients as the world of truly personalized medicine becomes an ever-growing reality," said Heino von Prondzynski, head of Roche's diagnostic divi...

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