China's NCDS and PerkinElmer, Inc. Set Up Biomarker Partnership

by Richard Daverman, PhD

April 12, 2013 -- The National Center for Drug Screening of China, located in Shanghai’s Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, will collaborate with PerkinElmer to validate new diagnostic tests for diabetes in Asian populations. Their partnership will be called the Translational Medicine Collaboration Center. Using next-generation sequencing technologies, the Center will seek to bring personalized medicine concepts to diabetes treatment in China. More details....

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