BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Sept. 4 Regado Biosciences, a privately held company leading the development of antithrombotic aptamers with active control agents, announced today that Ellen McDonald, MBA, Senior Vice President and Chief Business Officer, will be presenting at the Thomas Weisel Partners Healthcare Conference 2009 in Boston, MA at 9:45 AM on Friday, September 11, 2009 (EDT). Ms. McDonald's presentation will include an overview of the Company's pipeline with emphasis on the lead development program, the anticoagulant system, REG1.
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ABOUT REGADO BIOSCIENCES
Regado Biosciences is pioneering a new therapeutic technology with the creation and development of two-component drug systems. Each system comprises a nuclease-stabilized RNA aptamer that can be controlled directly by its specific and complementary oligonucleotide active control agent. This technology is being applied to injectable antithrombotics, including anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents, a multi-billion dollar market in need of therapeutics with improved safety profiles and a greater degree of therapeutic control. Regado's technology is designed to give physicians the ability to actively and directly control each system's therapeutic effect providing a safe and unique approach to personalized medicine.
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ABOUT REG1
Regado's lead program, the anticoagulant system REG1, consists of two parenteral agents, the first being a potent highly selective Factor IXa inhibitor (RB006) and the second being its complementary active control agent (RB007). RB007 can be used to selectively completely or partially reverse the anticoagulant effect of RB006.
ABOUT APTAMERS
RB006 is a member of a class of compounds called aptamers. Aptamers are single stranded oligonucleotides that adopt a specific conformation enabling direct, specific inhibition of the targeted protein. A key unique feature of aptamers derives from the fact that they are formed from nucleic acids. As such, their pharmacologic activity can be controlled by a matched, complementary oligonucleotide active control agent (the Watson-Crick base pair complement of a fraction of the agent to be controlled), which can bind to the aptamer, removing it from its target and reversing it biologic effects.
More information can be found at http://www.regadobio.com
SOURCE Regado Biosciences