Accumetrics, Inc. Announces GRAVITAS Trial 50 Percen...(latelet therapy. As a result the GRAVIT...),Health

Date:6/30/2009

latelet therapy. As a result, the GRAVITAS study is the first multi-center, placebo-controlled study to determine whether tailored antiplatelet therapy based on the results of the company's VerifyNow System and P2Y12 Test reduces major cardiovascular adverse events post-PCI. The trial is being coordinated by Scripps Advanced Clinical Trials.

About Accumetrics (www.accumetrics.com)

Accumetrics is committed to advancing medical understanding of platelet function and enhancing quality of care for patients receiving antiplatelet therapies by providing industry-leading and widely accessible diagnostic tests for rapid platelet function assessment.

Accumetrics' VerifyNow System is the first rapid and easy to use platform for measuring an individual's response to multiple antiplatelet agents. Addressing every major antiplatelet drug, including EC-cleared product for prasugrel and FDA-cleared products for aspirin, Plavix, ReoPro(R), and Integrilin(R), the VerifyNow System provides a valuable tool to help physicians make informed treatment decisions.

The Accumetrics logo and VerifyNow are registered trademarks of Accumetrics, Inc., ReoPro is a registered trademark of Centocor, Inc. Integrilin is a registered trademark of Millennium Pharmaceuticals. Plavix is a registered trademark of sanofi-aventis.

    CONTACT:
    Jules Abraham
    Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates
    212-838-3777
    jabraham@lhai.com

    Timothy I. Still
    President and CEO
    Accumetrics
    858-404-8260
    press@accumetrics.com

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