Guardant Health (GH) and Pfizer, (PFE) disclosed a new, multi-year collaboration agreement on Thursday to support development and commercialization of Pfizer's oncology portfolio using the Guardant's Infinity liquid biopsy platform.
Under the terms of the new partnership, the companies will evaluate the clinical use of circulating tumor DNA levels as a surrogate endpoint to monitor therapy response as well as related blood-based epigenomic analysis.
The collaboration also will provide Pfizer with access to Guardant's liquid biopsy tests in China as the companies conduct clinical trials that include Chinese cohorts. Guardant previously formed a strategic partnership with Hong Kong-listed Adicon Holdings to offer Guardant tests to biopharmaceutical companies conducting clinical studies in China.
Guardant shares recently were more than 1% higher in Thursday trading. Pfizer was narrowly higher this morning.
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