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Article: Accumetrics' VerifyNow(R) P2Y12 Test Provides Physicians With Information to Assess a Patient's Response to Newly-Approved Prasugrel (Effient(R)).
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- July 14, 2009
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SAN DIEGO, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- With the recent FDA approval of the new P2Y12 inhibitor, prasugrel (Effient), Accumetrics, Inc. announces that its VerifyNow P2Y12 Test is not only able to assess response to Plavix , but also its newly approved competitor, Effient. In obtaining a result from the VerifyNow System, physicians are provided objective information to determine the response of an individual patient to their antiplatelet therapy, regardless of the P2Y12 inhibitor that is prescribed.
"We are very excited with our product position and timing with the release of this therapeutic alternative to Plavix," said Timothy I. Still, President and CEO of ...