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Exagen Inc. and Queen Mary University of London Announce Exclusive License and Collaboration to Develop Novel Patented Molecular Signatures for Rheumatoid Arthritis Biologic Therapeutic Selection

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Sunday, January 9, 2022

The collaboration will focus on development and optimization of patent-pending precision medicine approaches, based on RNA expression signatures, to personalize therapeutic agent selection for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients.

Key Points: 
  • The collaboration will focus on development and optimization of patent-pending precision medicine approaches, based on RNA expression signatures, to personalize therapeutic agent selection for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients.
  • RA patients often try multiple therapies empirically before they find one that lowers their disease activity.
  • There are currently no reliable assays for predicting positive patient response prior to the selection of commonly prescribed biological therapeutic agents.
  • Queen Mary University of London is a world-leading research-intensive university with over 28,000 students representing more than 160 nationalities.