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Natera, Merck Partner on Real-World Data Collaboration

Merck will utilize Natera’s real-world database to advance oncology research.

By: Anthony Vecchione

Natera, Inc., a company involved in cell-free DNA testing, has entered into an agreement with Merck & Co., under which Merck will utilize Natera’s real-world database (RWD) to advance oncology research.

Natera’s oncology RWD contains de-identified clinical and genomic data from more than 100,000 early- and late-stage patients with cancer who have been tested with Signatera, the company’s personalized and tumor-informed molecular residual disease (MRD) test. Longitudinal monitoring data is available for the majority of patients, providing an objective measure of molecular response to treatment and connected to a multi-modal database that includes clinical outcomes, genomic profiling, and imaging. Pharmaceutical companies can use Natera’s RWD to help advance drug development programs across early-stage and metastatic settings.

“With Signatera being ordered now on a regular basis by over a third of all oncologists in the U.S., Natera is in a unique position to structure and share its real-world experience to inform drug discovery and clinical research,” said John Fesko, Natera’s president & chief business officer.

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