Article: Eyetech Signs Aptamer Leader Archemix To Ophthalmic Deal.

National Editor

You might have seen it coming.

Eyetech Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s deal with Archemix Corp. for aptamers targeting ophthalmic indications teams two firms that, years ago, each took some of the Selex technology offered by Gilead Sciences Inc.

New York-based Eyetech licensed the aptamer Macugen (pegaptanib sodium) in April 2000, and since has turned the drug into a potential blockbuster for age-related macular degeneration. The company expects to file a new drug application in the third quarter.

"In 2001, we got everything else [of Selex]," said Errol De Souza, president and CEO of Cambridge, Mass.-based Archemix, noting that ...

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