Psychiatric Genomics, Inc.

Dr. C. Anthony Altar is President and Chief Scientific Officer at Psychiatric Genomics. His research team is responsible for gene discovery, medicinal chemistry, and drug discovery efforts. Dr. Altar has published 120 articles in peer-reviewed journals that include Science, Nature, PNAS, and the Burger’s Medicinal Chemistry series. He pioneered methods for receptor localization using computerized image analysis and discovered the serotonin/ dopamine receptor binding patterns of antipsychotic drugs, which typify the atypical antipsychotics now in use. His team at Regeneron identified brain actions of neurotrophic factors, including roles in human depression, now an experimental clinical approach. As Director for Global Neuroscience Research at Otsuka America Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Altar led the team that discovered and co-developed aripiprazole (Abilify), recently FDA-approved.

Contact Details: 19 Firstfield Rd. Gaithersburg Maryland 20878 United States of America Tel: 301.556.1300 Fax: 301.556.1350 Email: mail@psygenomics.com WWW: www.psygenomics.com/

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Psychiatric Genomics, Inc. Patents:
US Patent No.	Title
7132287	Method for neural stem cell differentiation using 5HT-1A agonists
7132286	Method for neural stem cell differentiation using valproate

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