The pressure has thrust drug and diagnostics companies into sometimes awkward partnerships aimed at developing such tests, which are called companion diagnostics.

After a couple of years, Reavis and Willing formed a partnership aimed at promoting the claim.

The museum has also provided engineering apprenticeships and participates in partnerships aimed at delivering heritage skills training.

Massachusetts and Connecticut now have public-private partnerships aimed at offering pre-K to a growing number of pupils.

It plans in coming months to announce other partnerships aimed at increasing the online exposure of its advertisers' coupons, Mr. Leiser said.

Industry officials also say it is not cost effective for widely separated cities to forge partnerships aimed at domestic travelers.

Additionally, he was charged with identifying strategic external partnerships aimed at advancing the core mission areas of research, education, and economics.

The White House announced "a historic new partnership aimed at strengthening U.S. competitiveness by developing technologies for a new generation of vehicles."

These experiments would represent an American approach to partnership aimed at establishing American manufacturing and industrial leadership in technology.

The Bangkok Summit established a new comprehensive Asia-Europe partnership aimed at strengthening links with a view to promoting peace, global stability and prosperity.