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AZ partners with PatientsLikeMe for PRO data

April 14, 2015 2:25 AM UTC

PatientsLikeMe Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.) granted AstraZeneca plc (LSE:AZN; NYSE:AZN) access to its global network of patient-reported outcomes data concerning respiratory diseases, lupus, diabetes and oncology. AZ and PatientsLikeMe declined to disclose financial terms of the five-year deal.

In a 2013 interview with BioCentury This Week television, PatientsLikeMe Co-Founder and President Ben Heywood discussed the company's efforts to partner with academics and the pharma industry. PatientsLikeMe has data agreements with pharma companies including the Genentech Inc. unit of Roche (SIX:ROG; OTCQX:RHHBY) and Actelion Ltd. (SIX:ATLN) (see BioCentury This Week, June 9, 2013). ...