MERCK Sharp & Dohme, a global research-based pharmaceutical company, and Shanghai Biochip Co Ltd, one of China's biggest biotech firms, will cooperate in genetic research that seeks to create personalized therapies for cancer patients, the companies said. Shanghai Daily (http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/07/13/285943/MSD_links_with_local_tech_firm_on_cancer.htm)