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Collaboration to Pursue Cancer Diagnostics
In a three-way collaboration, TriPath Imaging, Inc. has been selected by Becton Dickinson to develop and commercialize molecular diagnostics and pharmacogenomic tests for cancer as part of the ongoing strategic alliance of BD and Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. More...15 Aug 2001
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