GSK to acquire five million shares in Response Genetics for US$1.10 per share in cash

GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE: GSK) today announces that it has acquired five million newly issued shares of Response Genetics Inc. (RGI) (NASDAQ: RGDX) common stock at a purchase price of US$1.10 per share in cash. As a result, GSK now owns approximately 15.2% of the expanded share capital of RGI.

This transaction builds on the relationship GSK and RGI have been building over the years in the diagnostics field of oncology and vaccines. RGI performs companion diagnostic tests and other related activities for GSK’s immunotherapies and oncology pipeline candidates.