The most extensive collaboration between the patient social network and a drug company to-date is likely to be just the first of its kind.

PatientsLikeMe, the largest online network for patients, has established its first broad partnership with a drug company. Genentech, the South San Francisco biotechnology company bought by Roche in 2009, now has access to PatientsLikeMe’s full database for five years.

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