Millipore and Proteome Sciences Announce Licensing Agreement

08-Jul-2009 - United Kingdom

Millipore Corporation and Proteome Sciences plc announced they have signed an exclusive license agreement to develop new products that will help to advance the study of Alzheimer’s disease. Under the terms of the agreement, Millipore will develop Luminex bead-based multiplex immunoassays to measure Proteome Sciences’ proprietary Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers. The ability to quickly test for these biomarkers will enable researchers to develop new drugs and diagnostics to treat and monitor patients with Alzheimer’s.

Proteome Sciences has established a strong portfolio of patent-protected blood biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease working in collaboration with the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King’s College London. A number of these biomarkers have been independently identified and their relationship to Alzheimer’s disease confirmed by researchers at GlaxoSmithKline.

Millipore will acquire the exclusive right to develop and sell Luminex bead-based panels for research related to the study of Alzheimer’s disease and other cognitive function disorders. Proteome Sciences retains all rights to clinical applications of these biomarkers. Financial terms of the license agreement were not disclosed.

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