EANS-Adhoc: Ad Hoc Announcement pursuant of §15 WpHG (German Securities Trading Act): Epigenomics AG Licenses Biomarker for Colorectal Cancer Blood Test to ARUP Laboratories, Inc.
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Licensing Agreements/Molecular diagnostics
12.08.2009
Epigenomics AG (ISIN: DE000A0BVT96), a cancer molecular diagnostics company, today announced that it signed a non-exclusive licensing agreement for its proprietary DNA methylation biomarker Septin 9 (mSEPT9) with ARUP Laboratories, Inc. (ARUP), a provider of diagnostic testing services based in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.
Under the agreement, ARUP has obtained rights to use the mSEPT9 biomarker to develop a molecular-based laboratory test that can help physicians detect colorectal cancer based on a patient's blood sample. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S.A. Epigenomics has repeatedly demonstrated that methylated DNA of the Septin 9 gene in blood plasma indicates the presence of colorectal cancer in early stages.
ARUP is the second commercial laboratory in the U.S.A. to non-exclusively license the mSEPT9 biomarker from Epigenomics with the goal of commercializing a laboratory-developed blood test for colorectal cancer. In February 2008, Quest Diagnostics, Inc., Madison, New Jersey, U.S.A., already obtained a license to commercialize a laboratory-developed test for mSEPT9 in the U.S.A.
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Further Information
For further information please see today's press release on the Epigenomics' licensing agreement with ARUP Laboratories at http://www.epigenomics.com/en/Newsroom/
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Further inquiry note:
Epigenomics AG
Dr. Achim Plum
Sen. VP Corporate Development
Tel: +49 30 24345 368
achim.plum@epigenomics.com
Branche: Biotechnology
ISIN: DE000A0BVT96
WKN: A0BVT9
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