Genaissance Pharmaceuticals and AstraZeneca sign pharmacogenomics based agreement
Agreement continues the commercialization of the STRENGTH study
"We are pleased to enter into this new agreement with AstraZeneca," said Kevin Rakin, President and CEO of Genaissance. "Such agreements demonstrate our continued effort to commercialize and build on our internal programs such as STRENGTH."
The licensing arrangement is focused on proprietary data generated in the STRENGTH study. This study of more than 400 patients demonstrated that gene variations are associated with response to treatment with the statin class of drugs. Conducted over 16 weeks, the STRENGTH study prospectively analyzed for an association between an individual's genetics and the clinical effectiveness of three statins (atorvastatin, pravastatin and simvastatin) in reducing LDL- cholesterol. Initial results of this study were presented at the 52nd Annual American College of Cardiology Scientific Session in March 2003.
Genaissance Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a world leader in the discovery and use of human gene variation for the development of personalized medicines and DNA-based diagnostics. Genaissance markets its technology, clinical development skills and pharmacogenetic services to the pharmaceutical industry as a complete solution for improving the development, marketing and prescribing of drugs. Genaissance has agreements with major pharmaceutical, diagnostic and biotechnology companies. Genaissance is headquartered in Science Park in New Haven, Connecticut.
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