AssureRx Health, Inc.
AssureRx Adds Fifth Gene to Pharmacogenetic Profile to Guide Psychiatric Drug Prescribing
Published in Law and Health Weekly, March 27th, 2010
AssureRx Health, Inc., a personalized medicine company focused on pharmacogenetics to aid in the treatment of patients with psychiatric disorders, announced that it has added a fifth gene, CYP1A2, to its laboratory-developed pharmacogenetic test. GeneSightRx® measures and analyzes more than forty clinically important genetic variants that affect patients' response to medications prescribed in psychiatric medicine. The CYP1A2 gene is involved in the metabolism of a number of commonly used drugs, including antidepressants and antipsychotics.
The updated 5-gene test, a web-based therapeutic decision support product, analyzes genetic variants which may affect a...
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