PROLIFIC

The Prognostic Lung Fibrosis Consortium (PROLIFIC) was established by Celgene Corporation (a wholly owned subsidiary of Bristol-Myers Squibb) and the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) to create and validate an assay for use during development of drugs for pulmonary fibrosis. Myriad RBM is developing a new multiplex biomarker assay for 12 biomarkers selected by the consortium. Validated biomarkers will help identify effective treatments and decrease drug approval times.

A longer-term goal is to use the biomarkers to predict which patients benefit the most from a particular treatment, enabling physicians to tailor the right therapeutic treatments to the right patients. Members of the consortium include: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Chiesi USA, Galapagos NV, Galecto, Genentech, Gilead Sciences, Lung Therapeutics, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, OptiKira, PFF, Pliant Therapeutics, Tvardi Therapeutics, and Three Lakes Foundation.

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