Mining the Swedish clinical archives to develop pharmacogenomic tests.

Eurona Medical is a Swedish company that develops diagnostic tests to predict response to drugs or treatment. Sweden offers unparalleled retrospective clinical data resources, with epidemiological registers and collections of tissue samples built up over decades. Efficient pharmacogenomic research can be performed using these registers and sample collections in collaboration with experienced medical researchers. Eurona's tests are based on Genetic Signatures, groups of polymorphic, polygenic genomic positions linked to and therefore predictive of drug response. These are elucidated from complex data sets using unique applications of multivariate and combinatorial statistics and a multigenic approach. The company develops tests applicable to current medical practice and is preparing to launch its first within the hypertension field. Quality control (including ISO9001 certification) and clinical regulatory compliance are applied throughout all programs to produce data that can be directly translated into clinical tests.