Ferring Plots Genomics Path With Celmatix Pact

The firms have inked a collaboration which aims to explore individual differences in women’s responses to IVF treatment, improve success rates and reduce side effects such as ovarian hyper-stimulation syndrome.

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Ferring Pharmaceuticals AS has turned to the US women's health genomics company Celmatix to help generate new insights into ovarian biology that could speed up personalized care in reproductive medicine and women’s health.

Speaking to Scrip, Ferring's chief medical officer Klaus Dugi said the aim of the collaboration is to use Celmatix’s large-scale datasets to explore whether women’s responses to ovarian stimulation during...

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