ARCA Discovery Changes Name to ARCA biopharma to Reflect Focus on Drug Commerc... ( Company Appoints Randall St. Laur...)

ARCA Discovery Changes Name to ARCA biopharma to Reflect Focus on Drug Commercialization

Date:3/28/2008

Company Appoints Randall St. Laurent as EVP of Commercial Operations

DENVER, March 28 /PRNewswire/ -- ARCA Discovery, Inc., a privately held company, today announced that it has changed its name to ARCA biopharma, effective immediately. In support of the commercial transformation, ARCA has appointed Randall St. Laurent as executive vice president of commercial operations.

"As we move toward the completion of our new drug application submission for bucindolol, we feel 'ARCA biopharma' better reflects our biological heritage in genetic targeting and focus on commercialization of pharmaceutical products for cardiovascular patients," said Richard B. Brewer, president and chief executive officer of ARCA. "At the same time, we continue to emphasize our basic research programs in molecular genetics, which are the key to our successful drug development programs."

Mr. St. Laurent brings over 20 years of cardiovascular sales and marketing experience to ARCA. Over the past six years, most recently as vice president of commercial development at Scios, a Johnson & Johnson company, where Mr. St. Laurent played a pivotal role in the successful launch and commercialization of Natrecor, a recombinant form of BNP for acute heart failure. During his tenure at Scios he created and built a sales organization from the bottom up.

"At this critical juncture, we welcome Randy as an important addition to our team as we transition to a commercial organization. Randy's cardiovascular sales and marketing experience will be critical in bringing our lead product, bucindolol, to market, possibly as the first personalized cardiovascular medicine ever commercialized," added Mr. Brewer.

The company plans to file a New Drug Application (NDA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) within the next few months for its lead product candidate, bucindolol, for the treatment of chronic heart failure (HF) in patients with a specific genetic profile. ARCA plan
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