Pfizer Inc. (PFE) Thursday said the company and DxS, a wholly owned subsidiary of QIAGEN N.V. (QGEN) reached an agreement to develop a companion diagnostic test kit for PF-04948568, an immunotherapy vaccine in development for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme. Financial terms of the diagnostic agreement have not been disclosed. The EGFRvIII companion diagnostic would be developed and manufactured at QIAGEN's Center of Excellence for Companion Diagnostics in Manchester, UK.
Glioblastoma multiforme is the most common malignant primary brain tumor in adults and occurs in around 25,000 patients worldwide each year.
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