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Decode to Perform Gene-Expression Studies for Wyeth Respiratory Drug

Nov 20, 2002

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 - Decode today said Wyeth will use its gene-expression data to study treatments for an undisclosed respiratory disease.

 

Terms of the collaboration call for Decode's clinical trials subsidiary, Encode, to generate in vitro gene-expression profiles of peripheral mononuclear cells isolated from patients exposed to Wyeth's drug.

 

No other information was provided.

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