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Myogen Announces Expansion of Drug Discovery Collaboration.

Publication: PR Newswire
Publication Date: 26-MAY-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Myogen Achieves Three Milestones Under the Collaboration

DENVER, May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Myogen, Inc. today announced two developments related to its heart muscle disease drug discovery collaboration with Novartis . First, the collaboration has been expanded to include Myogen's histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDACi) program. Second, Myogen announced that it had achieved three development milestones under the parties' existing research collaboration for the discovery and development of novel drugs for the treatment of cardiovascular disease.

"We are delighted with the progress made to date under our partnership agreement and we are pleased to broaden the collaboration to include HDAC inhibitors," said J. William Freytag, President and Chief Executive Officer of Myogen, Inc. "We believe the HDACi program has significant potential therapeutic value. Through this partnership, we have an exciting opportunity to advance the discovery and development of novel small molecule compounds that...

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