“The integrated drug-diagnostic co-development strategy being pursued by Biogen Idec and Asuragen has enormous potential to help physicians identify patients that will benefit from specific cancer treatments, and will be another step towards delivering on the promise of personalized medicine,” said Matt Winkler, CEO of Asuragen. “We look forward to leveraging our long history and broad expertise in biomarker discovery, pharmacogenomic services, and diagnostic development capabilities for this project.”