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Open Monoclonal Technology, Inc. Grants Unlimited Platform Access to CNA Development LLC, an Affiliate of Janssen …

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Open Monoclonal Technology, Inc. (OMT), a leader in genetic engineering of animals for discovery of human therapeutic antibodies, today announced expansion of its ongoing collaboration with CNA Development LLC, an affiliate of Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Janssen).

Following a preliminary collaboration on OmniRat announced in December 2012, OMT has now granted Janssen licenses to use all its genetically engineered animals, OmniRat, OmniMouse and OmniFlic, for an unlimited number of targets and indications. Under the terms of the expanded agreement, Janssen will pay OMT annual platform access fees and success-based development and commercial milestone payments for each product derived from OMTs antibody platforms.

Dr. Roland Buelow, Founder and CEO of OMT, said: "Unlimited, triple-platform access provides OMTs partners with cost-efficient ability to create superior antibodies against some of the most challenging targets. OMT expects to see more and more partners taking such broad access, which will make OMT a profitable biotech company without need for further private or public funding.

OMT offers its collaborators both target-by-target and unlimited platform access. Target-by-target licensing allows the partners to use the technologies in a limited fashion and compare them to existing internal technologies, including humanization of animal-derived antibodies, optimization of display-derived antibodies, and alternative transgenic animal systems. Unlimited platform access provides a more cost-effective long term alternative and gives OMT and its partners more chances at discovery and development of clinically-commercially successful therapeutic antibodies.

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Open Monoclonal Technology, Inc. (OMT) is a leader in genetic engineering of animals for discovery of human therapeutic antibodies naturally optimized human antibodies.

OMT has created OmniRat, the industrys first fully human monoclonal antibody platform based on rats. It represents a novel and proprietary technology with unrestricted development options. OMT and Pfizer have demonstrated that OmniRat has a complete immune system with a diverse antibody repertoire and generates antibodies with human idiotypes as well as a wild-type animals make rat antibodies (Journal of Immunology 2013 Feb 15; 190(4):1481-90).

OmniMouse is a transgenic mouse designed to complement OmniRat and further increase epitope coverage. Both animals deliver antibodies with great affinity, specificity, expression, solubility and stability, yet with low or no immunogenicity or need for lead optimization. OmniFlic is the industrys first engineered rat with a fixed light chain for development of human bispecific antibodies.

OMTs antibody platforms have broad freedom to operate and use technology protected by new patents and patent applications. They are available for licensing worldwide for all targets and indications and are presently partnered with Merck KGaA, Pfizer, WuXi AppTec and other biopharmaceutical companies.

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Massive DNA study points to new heart drug targets and a key role for triglycerides

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Contact: Kara Gavin kegavin@umich.edu 734-764-2220 University of Michigan Health System

ANN ARBOR, Mich. A global hunt for genes that influence heart disease risk has uncovered 157 changes in human DNA that alter the levels of cholesterol and other blood fats a discovery that could lead to new medications.

Each of the changes points to genes that can modify levels of cholesterol and other blood fats and are potential drug targets. Many of the changes point to genes not previously linked to blood fats, also called lipids. A surprising number of the variations were also associated with coronary artery disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and high blood pressure.

The research also reveals that triglycerides another type of blood lipid play a larger role in heart disease risk than previously thought.

The results, published in two new papers appearing simultaneously in the journal Nature Genetics, come from the Global Lipids Genetics Consortium -- a worldwide team of scientists who pooled genetic and clinical information from more than 188,000 people from many countries and heritages.

The analysis of the combined data was led by a team from the University of Michigan Medical School and School of Public Health. They used sophisticated computing and statistical techniques to search for genetic variations that modify blood lipid levels.

The results increase by more than a third the total number of genetic variants linked to blood lipids. All but one of the variants associated with blood lipids are near stretches of DNA that encode proteins.

"These results give us 62 new clues about lipid biology, and more places to look than we had before," says Cristen Willer, Ph.D., the lead author of one paper and an assistant professor of Internal Medicine, Human Genetics and Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics at the U-M Medical School. "Once we take the time to truly understand these clues, we'll have a better understanding of lipid biology and cardiovascular disease -- and potentially new targets for treatment."

But, cautions senior author and U-M School of Public Health Professor Gonalo Abecasis, Ph.D., it will take much further work to study the implicated genes and to find and test potential drugs that could target them. The consortium's "open science" approach will include publishing further detail online for other researchers to use freely toward this goal.

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Myriad's myRisk Hereditary Cancer(TM) Test Improves Colon Cancer Testing by 60 Percent

SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 7, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Myriad Genetics, Inc. (MYGN) today announced new clinical data from a study with myRisk Hereditary Cancer, a 25-gene hereditary cancer panel, that showed a 60 percent increase in mutations detected in cancer predisposition genes in patients with a prior history of colon cancer and/or polyps. Myriad is presenting this clinical study and data from four other studies this week at the Collaborative Group of the Americas on Inherited Colorectal Cancer (CGA) Annual Meeting in Anaheim, Calif.

Patients with a family history of colon cancer also are vulnerable to other cancers including breast, ovarian, endometrial and stomach cancer. The detection of individuals with mutations associated with hereditary colon cancer greatly increases the chances of successful medical management in those at-risk individuals, which will save lives and reduce the downstream healthcare costs. Also, once a patient has been identified as carrying a deleterious mutation that patient's family members can be tested to determine if they have an increased risk of cancer.

"The new data presented at this year's CGA meeting is ground breaking and underscores the importance of using multi-gene panels when testing patients for hereditary colon cancer," said Richard J. Wenstrup, MD, chief medical officer of Myriad. "Importantly, the data suggest that the use of a 25-gene hereditary cancer panel significantly improved the detection of mutations and is a more efficient way for patients to receive appropriate medical management."

Below is a summary of the key data being presented at the CGA annual meeting.

Abstract: Germline Mutations Identified by a 25-Gene Panel in Patients Undergoing Lynch Syndrome Testing

This study evaluated the mutation prevalence among cases referred for Lynch Syndrome (LS), the most common genetic cause of colon cancer, using the myRisk Hereditary Cancer test, a 25-gene hereditary cancer panel. The study presents data from two cohorts representing a total of 1,133 patients diagnosed with colon cancer or colorectal polyps. The results demonstrated that 10 percent of patients had deleterious mutations in the traditional hereditary colon cancer genes, but an additional 6 percent had deleterious mutations in other genes. This represents a 60 percent increase in the number of patients detected with deleterious mutations in cancer predisposing genes

Abstract: Overlap between Lynch Syndrome and Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome among Family Histories in Patients Tested for Hereditary Cancer Syndromes

This study investigated the overlap of personal and family histories in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) and hereditary colon cancer in 9,000 patients. Results showed that among patients tested for HBOC, 6.9 percent also had family histories that meet the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) criteria for hereditary colon cancer. In addition, 30 percent of patients tested for hereditary colon cancer also met NCCN criteria for HBOC. This analysis demonstrates the overlap among patients with a family history of hereditary breast cancer and those with a family history of colon cancer, suggesting that patients may benefit from multi-gene panels to better improve the diagnosis of hereditary cancer syndromes.

Abstract: MSI-High Histology Is a Predictive Risk Factor for Lynch Syndrome

The objective of this study was to better understand the prevalence of hereditary colon cancer mutations in patients who have abnormal histology, regardless of family history. Approximately 13.9 percent (57/410) of patients with abnormal histology had a deleterious mutation. Importantly, among the patients who tested positive for a deleterious mutation, 77.2 percent (44/57) would not have met Amsterdam II criteria based on personal or family history for hereditary colon cancer testing if histology was not considered. These data support the use of histology to simplify patient selection for hereditary colon cancer testing.

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Gene therapy set to become future of heart disease treatment

Washington, Oct. 7 (ANI): A global hunt for genes influencing heart disease risk has uncovered 157 changes in human DNA that alter levels of cholesterol and other blood fats - a finding that may lead to new medications.

Each of the changes points to genes that can modify levels of cholesterol and other blood fats and are potential drug targets. Many of the changes point to genes not previously linked to blood fats, also called lipids.

A surprising number of the variations were also associated with coronary artery disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and high blood pressure.

The research also reveals that triglycerides - another type of blood lipid - play a larger role in heart disease risk than previously thought.

The results increase by more than a third the total number of genetic variants linked to blood lipids. All but one of the variants associated with blood lipids are near stretches of DNA that encode proteins.

Lead author Cristen Willer, Ph.D., assistant professor of Internal Medicine, Human Genetics and Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics at the U-M Medical School, said that these results give us 62 new clues about lipid biology, and more places to look than we had before.

A further analysis of the massive dataset, published as a letter with lead authors Sekar Kathiresan and Ron Do from Harvard University and the Broad Institute, suggests that triglyceride levels have more impact on cardiovascular disease risk than previously thought.

This analysis found that genetic variations that increase triglyceride or LDL-cholesterol levels are also associated with higher incidence of heart disease. But the analysis also casts further doubt on the role of high density lipoprotein, known commonly as HDL or "good cholesterol", in heart disease risk. In recent years, many drugs that modify HDL cholesterol have failed to show a benefit in preventing heart disease.

The findings have been published in the journal Nature Genetics. (ANI)

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Gene scans solve mystery illnesses in kids, adults

Marilynn Marchione, The Associated Press Published Saturday, October 5, 2013 5:20PM EDT

They were mystery diseases that had stumped doctors for years - adults with strange symptoms and children with neurological problems, mental slowness or muscles too weak to let them stand. Now scientists say they were able to crack a quarter of these cases by decoding the patients' genes.

Their study is the first large-scale effort to move gene sequencing out of the lab and into ordinary medical care, and it shows that high hopes for this technology are finally paying off.

"This is a direct benefit of the Human Genome Project," the big effort to decode our DNA, said Dr. Christine M. Eng of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. "We're now able to directly benefit patients through more accurate diagnosis."

She led the study, which was published online Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine. It gives results on the first 250 patients referred to Baylor for a newer type of sequencing - just the DNA segments that hold the recipes for all the proteins the body needs. That's only about 1 percent of the whole genome.

Baylor has sequenced more patients beyond those in the study - 1,700 so far - and found gene flaws in 1 out of 4, Eng said.

That rate will improve as more genes are linked to diseases, but it's already much higher than the less comprehensive gene tests done now, said Rebecca Nagy, a scientist at Ohio State University and president of the National Society of Genetic Counselors.

"For some of these conditions there could be treatments that are lifesaving," she said.

Already, three people tested at Baylor were found to have a muscle disorder that can cause respiratory problems and even death. The condition is aggravated by infections and stress, and there are drugs to treat those and prevent serious episodes, Eng said.

In other cases, having a diagnosis helped parents like Lindsey and Brandon Collier decide whether to have more children. The Colliers, who live in Georgetown, Texas, about 30 miles north of Austin, searched for years for an answer to what was plaguing their son, Cannon, now 4.

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Advanced technology for gene expression analysis can facilitate drug development

Oct. 3, 2013 When developing new drugs, monitoring cellular responses to candidate compounds is essential for assessing their efficacy and safety. Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies report a new method to monitor and quantify the activity of gene promoters during the response to a drug, using the advanced gene expression analysis method CAGE followed by single-molecule sequencing. This research paves the way to a more precise analysis of cellular responses to drugs, at the level of individual promoters.

The study is published this week in the journal CPT: Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology.

Microarray-based technologies are widely used to monitor cellular changes in response to drug administration at the level of genes. However, microarrays have several limitations due to the fact that they rely on pre-designed oligonucleotide probes and detection based on hybridization.

In order to circumvent the limitations imposed by the use of microarray-based technology for the development of new drugs, Dr Harukazu Suzuki and his team at CLST developed a new technique combining Cap Analysis of Gene Expression (CAGE) with 3rd generation, single-molecule sequencing. CAGE is a method developed at RIKEN to comprehensively map human transcription start sites and their promoters, and quantify the set of mRNAs in a cell, also called the transcriptome.

During CAGE the 5'-end of mRNAs is sequenced in order to produce a series of 20-30 nucleotide sequences that can then be mapped onto the genome and provide information about the level of expression of genes. Dr Suzuki and his team used CAGE, combined with a single-molecule sequencer, to monitor the effect of three drugs, U0126, wortmannin and gefitinib on human breast cancer cells.

U0126 and wortmannin are known to inhibit the Ras-ERK and phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K)-Akt signalling pathways within cells. Gefinitib is a potent inhibitor of the epidermal growth factor receptor kinase (EGFR kinase) and mainly inhibits the Ras-ERK and PI3K-Akt pathways downstream of EGFR.

The researchers identified a distinct set of promoters that were affected by low doses of the drugs, and therefore showed sensitivity to a weak inhibition of the Ras-ERK and PI3K-Akt signal-transduction pathways. This level of precision would would have been very difficult to achieve using microarray-based profiling.

Furthermore, a quantitative analysis showed that the inhibitory profiles of both U0126 and wortmannin are constitutive components of the transcriptome profile obtained by inhibition of the EGFR kinase. Using a regression model, the researchers were able to quantitatively predict the promoter activity profile of gefitinib, based on the U0126 and wortmannin profiles.

These results demonstrate the potential utility of highly quantitative promoter activity profiling in drug research.

"Quantitative transcriptome analysis is potentially widely applicable to determine the target proteins and action mechanisms of uncharacterized compounds," concludes Dr Suzuki. "Our study paves the way for quantitative analysis of drug responses at the promoter level, and moreover, is potentially applicable for the evaluation of combinatorial or serial drug treatment in a clinical setting," he adds.

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To Save A Life: Penn Medicine's Basser Research Center for BRCA Brings Hereditary Cancer Awareness Mission Into …

PHILADELPHIA This Sunday, the lifesaving efforts of the University of Pennsylvanias Basser Research Center for BRCA will take root in Congregation Rodeph Shalom at a special event to raise awareness about hereditary breast and ovarian cancers within the Jewish community. The panel discussion, which will gather medical experts and genetic counselors alongside clergy, cancer advocates, survivors and previvors, aims to call attention to a striking statistic: 1 in 40 individuals of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry who comprise 90 percent of Jews living in the U.S. carries a BRCA mutation, more than ten times the risk of the general population. Men can carry and pass on the gene mutations, too.

Experts will share the latest news on genetic testing for these mutations, which greatly increase carriers lifetime risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers and are also linked to prostate, pancreatic and colon cancers. CBS3/CW Philly 57 Medical Reporter Stephanie Stahl will emcee the event, which will include an opportunity for the audience to ask questions of the panel and for individuals to meet one-on-one with genetic counselors from Penn Medicine.

This event is the first of a three-part educational series co-hosted by Penn Medicines Basser Research Center for BRCA and Living Beyond Breast Cancer, a national nonprofit organization that provides educational resources and support to women affected by breast cancer, their families and caregivers. This partnership, made possible by a grant from Women of Vision, the Jewish Womens Foundation of Greater Philadelphia, also brings together breast and ovarian cancer advocates from FORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered, Sharsheret and Bright Pink.

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Penn Medicine is one of the world's leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, and excellence in patient care. Penn Medicine consists of theRaymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania(founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school) and theUniversity of Pennsylvania Health System, which together form a $4.3 billion enterprise.

The Perelman School of Medicine has been ranked among the top five medical schools in the United States for the past 16 years, according toU.S. News & World Report's survey of research-oriented medical schools. The School is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $398 million awarded in the 2012 fiscal year.

The University of Pennsylvania Health System's patient care facilities include: The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania -- recognized as one of the nation's top "Honor Roll" hospitals byU.S. News & World Report; Penn Presbyterian Medical Center; Chester County Hospital; Penn Wissahickon Hospice; and Pennsylvania Hospital -- the nation's first hospital, founded in 1751. Additional affiliated inpatient care facilities and services throughout the Philadelphia region include Chestnut Hill Hospital and Good Shepherd Penn Partners, a partnership between Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network and Penn Medicine.

Penn Medicine is committed to improving lives and health through a variety of community-based programs and activities. In fiscal year 2012, Penn Medicine provided$827million to benefit our community.

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Advances in Genetic Sequencing to Augment Growth in the Predictive Diagnostics Market, According to New Report by …

San Jose, California (PRWEB) October 04, 2013

Follow us on LinkedIn Predictive diagnostics refer to a series of genetic tests that determine individual susceptibility to diseases, individual response to specific therapies/interventions and the outcome of diseases. Genetic testing has emerged as a lucrative sector in the molecular diagnostics market led by the fact that appropriate and accurate diagnosis is the cornerstone of advanced healthcare. Predictive testing involves identifying the presence or inheritance of faulty gene among members of a family, such as those resulting in Tay-Sachs disease, cystic fibrosis, Lou Gehrig's disease, Huntington's disease and Alzheimer's disease. Predictive diagnostics are also beneficial in examining the gene composition and interaction in diseased tissue/cells to understand and determine progress of the disease as well as the response to treatment.

Though a relatively small market, predictive diagnostics is witnessing steady growth owing to increasing awareness among medical professionals and patients. Proportional to rising life expectancy and mean age, chronic degenerative diseases (CDD) including cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative disorders, cancer and autoimmune diseases, have surged globally, translating into demand for predictive testing. The rapidly ageing society in major Western and Eastern economies is therefore a prime driver of demand for predictive diagnostics for age-related disorders. Traditionally offered through physicians, genetic testing kits are now being offered directly to the consumer through web-based stores. However, the security and utility of DTC genetic testing kits is being questioned as several companies tend to circumvent third party reimbursement and regulatory issues.

Decreasing costs coupled with the enhanced efficiency and speed of gene sequencing has resulted in rapidly unfurling information on cancer gene mechanisms. With the cost of sequencing the entire genome falling below US$1,000 in comparison to anti-cancer treatments which cost over US$50,000, physicians are opting to conduct genomic tests to determine patient drug response, following which medications are prescribed to only those patients who are more likely to respond to a specific cancer therapy or treatment option. Technological advancements in genomics such as Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) are replacing conventional DNA sequencing modalities. Advanced NGS systems offer the capability of sequencing and comparing up to 4 human genomes within a space of two weeks. Demand for genetic tests designed for screening newborn infants, diagnosis of orphan diseases and other rare or fatal disorders, and assessment of the probability of occurrence of conditions such as Huntingtons disease, is expected to expand dramatically in the near term. On the flip side, as the new era of genetic medicine dawns upon the healthcare sector, the need of the hour is a clear and comprehensive framework addressing the medical, economic, ethical and legal aspects of subjecting healthy individuals to genetic testing for disease prevention.

As stated by the new market research report on Predictive Diagnostics, the United States represents the largest market worldwide. Screening for genetic mutations within the CFTR (cystic fibrosis trans-membrane conductance regulator) gene is the most frequently conducted test in the country. While developed economies with advanced healthcare infrastructure are at the forefront in the adoption of predictive genetic testing, population growth and recent government initiatives to improve healthcare delivery to all sections of the population is expected to propel demand in developing countries in the near future. Countries such as China harbor the largest prospects for breast cancer gene testing. Attributed to lifestyle changes as a result of rapid industrialization and increasing urbanization, the country is registering a surge in cases of breast cancer.

Major players covered in the report include Abbott Molecular, Almac Group Ltd., BioGenex, Covance Inc., Dako Denmark A/S, Epistem Plc, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Genomic Health, Inc., MDxHEALTH Inc., Myriad Genetics Inc., Precision Therapeutics Inc., Prometheus Laboratories, QIAGEN N.V., among others.

The research report titled "Predictive Diagnostics: A Global Strategic Business Report" announced by Global Industry Analysts Inc., provides a comprehensive review of market trends, drivers, mergers, acquisitions and other strategic industry activities. The report provides market estimates and projections for major geographic markets such as the US, Canada, Japan, Europe (France, Germany, Italy, UK, and Rest of Europe), and Rest of World.

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