Cato Research Ltd. and Advanced Targeting Systems, Inc. Partner to Develop SP-SAP for Ch... (paindue to advancement of disease or unw...)

Cato Research Ltd. and Advanced Targeting Systems, Inc. Partner to Develop SP-SAP for Chronic Pain

Date:4/3/2008

pain due to advancement of disease or unwanted side effects of treatment. Although in many cases, standard treatments, such as opioids, can control pain, there is a significant subset of patients who cannot find relief through standard care. Use of opioids can also be associated with unwanted, severe side-effects. In these cases, sedation or cordotomy may be a patient's only option for pain relief. Hence, severe chronic pain represents a serious, poorly met medical need. SP-SAP offers a novel approach to target a specific set of neurons involved in chronic pain and as such, has the potential to revolutionize the way severe chronic pain is treated.

About Advanced Pain Therapeutics

Headquartered near Research Triangle Park, privately held APT will work with Cato Research and Cato BioVentures to develop and commercialize SP-SAP as a novel, nonopioid treatment for severe chronic pain, with minimal adverse side effects.

About Cato Research

Founded in 1988 by Allen Cato, M.D., Ph.D., and Lynda Sutton and headquartered near Research Triangle Park, Cato Research is a global, full-service contract research and development organization providing strategic and tactical support for clients in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and medical diagnostic industries. With a staff of more than 300 employees located in the United States, Europe, Canada, Israel, and South Africa, Cato Research's services range from design and management of preclinical and clinical studies to submission of regulatory documents required for marketing approval.

About Advanced Targeting Systems

A San Diego-based biotechnology company, ATS is a pioneer in the use of toxin conjugates targeted to eliminate specific cells through a powerful technique called Molecular Neurosurgery. Since 1994, Dr. Douglas Lappi, the leading expert in the manufacture and use of targeted toxins, and his team at ATS have been developing and selling reagents to the research
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