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• Promega and Merck collaborated to develop Promega’s microsatellite instability (MSI) technology as an on-label solid tumor CDx for use with Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab)
•  Promega’s Microsatellite Instability technology measures the genomic accumulation of insertion or deletion (INDEL) errors caused by a deficient mismatch-repair system (dMMR) occurring in a solid-tumors- used to characterize tumors and guide therapeutic choices for MSI-High cancer types
• The global companies will initially pursue approval for Promega MSI CDx in the US & China. Additionally- Promega intend to get approval for its MSI in IVD test with its anticipated launch in H1’20 in the US- China & EU

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