Tuesday, October 10, 2017

MEDIBIO ENTERS INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL DEVELOPMENT & COMMERCIALIZATION, INC.


  • Medibio will leverage its proprietary Digital Mental Health platform to process Otsuka clinical data with the goal of further clarifying the role of biomarker-based, objective measures in management of serious mental illness.
     
  • Paid commercial arrangement for Medibio

SYDNEY, Australia and MINNEAPOLIS, Oct 9 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  Medibio Limited (MEB or the Company) (ASX:MEB) (OTCQB:MDBIF), is a mental health technology company that has pioneered the use of objective biometrics to assist in the screening, diagnosing, monitoring and management of depression and other mental health conditions,  is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement with Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. (Otsuka).

Medibio will apply its advanced proprietary analytic platform to Otsuka clinical data to characterize key circadian, autonomic, and sleep biomarkers related to serious mental illness.  Under the terms of the agreement, Medibio will receive payments for services provided.

“We are excited about working with Otsuka, a recognized worldwide leader in treatments for serious mental illness, to advance our mutual understanding of the biology that underpins mental illness, with the goal of improving outcomes,” says Medibio CEO and Managing Director Jack Cosentino. “We look forward to a long and fruitful collaboration.”

About Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company is a global healthcare company with the corporate philosophy: “Otsuka–people creating new products for better health worldwide.” Otsuka researches, develops, manufactures, and markets innovative products, with a focus on pharmaceutical products to meet unmet medical needs and nutraceutical products for the maintenance of everyday health.

In pharmaceuticals, Otsuka is a leader in the challenging area of mental health and also has research programs on several under-addressed diseases including tuberculosis, a significant global public health issue. These commitments illustrate how Otsuka is a “big venture” company at heart, applying a youthful spirit of creativity in everything it does. 

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