Dako collaborates with OSI Pharmaceuticals on cancer diagnostic test development programme
Dako, a Danish provider of cancer diagnostic solutions is to collaborate with OSI Pharmaceuticals in the US on developing a new cancer diagnostic test as a cancer therapy product.
Dako, a Danish provider of cancer diagnostic solutions is to collaborate with OSI Pharmaceuticals in the US on developing a new cancer diagnostic test as a cancer therapy product.
The test is intended to identify patients more likely to benefit from a specific treatment. The collaboration will draw on Dako's experience in developing cancer diagnostic tests and OSI Pharmaceuticals' knowledge of developing and commercialising pharma products.
"The future within oncology pharmacotherapy is in targeted therapies," said Lars Holmkvist, ceo and president of Dako. "Linking a drug with a diagnostic test is what you can call a triple-win situation."
He added that the patient would receive relevant therapy from the start instead of a trial-and-error medication and the pharmaceutical company may develop more innovative and improved cancer therapies, thereby increasing general health in the population.