MILWAUKEE, July 28, 2021 – RPRD (Right Patient Right Drug) Diagnostics, a leading pharmacogenomics (PGx) test developer and services provider, today announced a Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant (No. R43FD007247) awarded by the FDA to develop a clinical test to accurately identify the genetic variation associated with Cytochrome P450 2D6. This gene, also known as CYP2D6, is recognized as part of a family of genes affecting up to 25% of all drug interactions, including those associated with cancer, pain management, and several antidepressant and antianxiety medicines.

RPRD (Right Patient Right Drug) Diagnostics, a privately-held, Wisconsin-based precision medicine company, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital today announced their recent publication, “Challenges in clinical implementation of CYP2D6 genotyping: choice of variants to test affects phenotype determination,” in Genetics in Medicine, the official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics.

RPRD (Right Patient Right Drug) Diagnostics, a privately-held, Wisconsin-based precision medicine company, today announced a collaboration with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. RPRD Diagnostics will perform preemptive, comprehensive clinical pharmacogenetics testing for St. Jude’s PG4KDS program.

RPRD (Right Patient Right Drug) Diagnostics, a privately-held, Wisconsin-based precision medicine company, today announced a strategic partnership with Orient Bio Inc., a leading South Korean biotechnology company.