BG Medicine to Present at the Cowen and Company 29th Annual Healthcare Conference.WALTHAM, Mass. -- BG Medicine Inc. today announced that Pieter Muntendam M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of BG Medicine Inc., is scheduled to present a company overview at the Cowen and Company 29th Annual Healthcare Conference on Monday, March 16, 2009 at 4:30 p.m. ET at The Boston Marriott Copley Place Copley Place is an enclosed shopping mall located in the Back Bay section of Boston, Massachusetts. It is part of a complex that includes office buildings, two hotels, and a parking garage. in Boston, Massachusetts “Boston” redirects here. For other uses, see Boston (disambiguation). Boston is the capital and most populous city of Massachusetts.[3] The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the unofficial economic and cultural center of the entire New . About BG Medicine BG Medicine (www.bg-medicine.com) is developing novel diagnostic tests based on biomarkers that are intended to provide information to physicians that will improve patient treatment decisions. The company's diagnostic tests are designed to predict a patient's response to a drug therapy, determine the potential toxicity of therapeutic agents to patients who have or are likely to develop a specific disease, predict a patient's prognosis prognosis /prog·no·sis/ (prog-no´sis) a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disorder.prognos´tic prog·no·sis n. pl. prog·no·ses 1. once a disease has been diagnosed and monitor a patient's disease progression or drug response. The company's patented technology platform is the discovery engine that enables it to identify new biomarkers by integrating and automating the measurement, analysis, characterization and interpretation of proteins and small non-protein biological molecules, or metabolites Metabolites Substances produced by metabolism or by a metabolic process. Mentioned in: Interactions , collected from bodily fluids Noun 1. bodily fluid - the liquid parts of the body body fluid, liquid body substance, humour, humor body substance - the substance of the body aqueous humor, aqueous humour - the limpid fluid within the eyeball between the cornea and the lens . BG Medicine initiated the HRP Initiative (www.HRPInitiative.com), the largest industry funded biomarker biomarker /bio·mark·er/ (bi´o-mahr?ker) 1. a biological molecule used as a marker for a substance or process of interest. 2. tumor marker. bi·o·mark·er n. 1. initiative that aims to develop new means of recognizing those at highest risk for heart attack or stroke. The HRP Initiative is supported and directed by Merck, AstraZeneca, Abbott, Takeda, and Philips. We have ongoing joint initiatives with major pharmaceutical companies, other healthcare organizations including Humana and Philips and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. |
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