Health Discovery Corporation (OTCBB: HDVY) (HDC) and Smart Personalized Medicine, LLC (SPM) announced today that they have entered into development and related licensing agreements with Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX), the world’s leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services. Under the agreements, Quest Diagnostics will develop new laboratory tests for aiding in the selection of breast cancer therapies.
Under the terms of the agreements, HDC and SPM will receive upfront licensing payments, development fees and royalties on a per test basis from Quest Diagnostics.
In February 2009, Health Discovery Corporation announced that it had licensed rights to develop a new urine-based test for clinically significant prostate cancer to Quest Diagnostics.
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Health Discovery Corporation