Myriad Announces Plans to Launch a Web Portal for Patients that Will Provide Access to Test Results, Tools and Health Informa...
May 18 2016 - 5:57PM
Myriad Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:MYGN), a leader in molecular
diagnostics and personalized medicine, today announced plans to
launch a new web portal on ms360.myriad.com that will allow
patients to access their personal test results as well as other
high-quality tools and ideas to help them make healthcare
decisions.
“Nothing is more important to us than empowering and improving
people’s lives,” said Johnathan Lancaster, M.D., Ph.D., chief
medical officer, Myriad Genetic Laboratories. “Myriad has a long
track record of providing patients with free access to their test
reports directly or through their healthcare providers. The
new portal will address the growing needs of patients to access
information digitally.”
Myriad anticipates that the first phase of the portal will be
available by the end of the quarter. Initially, the site will
provide access to test results for the Company’s hereditary cancer
and prostate cancer tests, and its functionality will expand over
time in a stepwise approach to better serve patients’ needs.
For example, it is anticipated that it will include resources such
as the Family History Tool (FHT), used to track family health
history and identify red flags; flexibility to combine personal and
family health histories; and the ability to print test results or
email them to a healthcare provider; and more.
“Patients’ interests are at the very heart of this initiative
and every decision we make. We want to partner with patients
and help keep them and their loved ones healthy,” said
Lancaster. “The new portal will provide useful resources both
for patients who are currently managing a disease and their family
members.”
This initiative is another step toward the ultimate goal of
developing broader digital assets to help patients become active
participants in managing their health. On May 11, Myriad
launched a new web-based portal called myVectra for patients with
rheumatoid arthritis. myVectra provides patients with easy
access to their Vectra DA test results and test history, which can
help them to prepare for visits with their rheumatologist.
The new portal is available at: my.vectrada.com.
About Myriad GeneticsMyriad Genetics Inc., is a
leading personalized medicine company dedicated to being a trusted
advisor transforming patient lives worldwide with pioneering
molecular diagnostics. Myriad discovers and commercializes
molecular diagnostic tests that: determine the risk of developing
disease, accurately diagnose disease, assess the risk of disease
progression, and guide treatment decisions across six major medical
specialties where molecular diagnostics can significantly improve
patient care and lower healthcare costs. Myriad is focused on
three strategic imperatives: transitioning and expanding its
hereditary cancer testing markets, diversifying its product
portfolio through the introduction of new products and increasing
the revenue contribution from international markets. For more
information on how Myriad is making a difference, please visit the
Company's website: www.myriad.com.
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Safe Harbor StatementThis press release
contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including
statements related to the Company’s plans to launch a web portal to
provide patient access to test results, tools and health
information; the timing for the availability of the new web portal
by the end of the quarter and thereafter; the anticipated features
and content of the new web portal; and the Company's strategic
directives under the caption "About Myriad Genetics." These
"forward-looking statements" are based on management's current
expectations of future events and are subject to a number of risks
and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially and adversely from those set forth in or implied by
forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include,
but are not limited to: the risk that sales and profit margins of
our molecular diagnostic tests and pharmaceutical and clinical
services may decline; risks related to our ability to transition
from our existing product portfolio to our new tests, including
unexpected costs and delays; risks related to decisions or changes
in governmental or private insurers’ reimbursement levels for our
tests or our ability to obtain reimbursement for our new tests at
comparable levels to our existing tests; risks related to increased
competition and the development of new competing tests and
services; the risk that we may be unable to develop or achieve
commercial success for additional molecular diagnostic tests and
pharmaceutical and clinical services in a timely manner, or at all;
the risk that we may not successfully develop new markets for our
molecular diagnostic tests and pharmaceutical and clinical
services, including our ability to successfully generate revenue
outside the United States; the risk that licenses to the technology
underlying our molecular diagnostic tests and pharmaceutical and
clinical services and any future tests and services are terminated
or cannot be maintained on satisfactory terms; risks related to
delays or other problems with operating our laboratory testing
facilities and our healthcare clinic; risks related to public
concern over genetic testing in general or our tests in particular;
risks related to regulatory requirements or enforcement in the
United States and foreign countries and changes in the structure of
the healthcare system or healthcare payment systems; risks related
to our ability to obtain new corporate collaborations or licenses
and acquire new technologies or businesses on satisfactory terms,
if at all; risks related to our ability to successfully integrate
and derive benefits from any technologies or businesses that we
license or acquire; risks related to our projections about our
business, results of operations and financial condition; risks
related to the potential market opportunity for our products and
services; the risk that we or our licensors may be unable to
protect or that third parties will infringe the proprietary
technologies underlying our tests; the risk of patent-infringement
claims or challenges to the validity of our patents or other
intellectual property; risks related to changes in intellectual
property laws covering our molecular diagnostic tests and
pharmaceutical and clinical services and patents or enforcement in
the United States and foreign countries, such as the Supreme Court
decision in the lawsuit brought against us by the Association for
Molecular Pathology et al; risks of new, changing and competitive
technologies and regulations in the United States and
internationally; and other factors discussed under the heading
"Risk Factors" contained in Item 1A of our most recent Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015, which
has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well
as any updates to those risk factors filed from time to time in our
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or Current Reports on Form
8-K. All information in this press release is as of the date
of the release, and Myriad undertakes no duty to update this
information unless required by law.
Media Contact:
Ron Rogers
(908) 285-0248
rrogers@myriad.com
Investor Contact:
Scott Gleason
(801) 584-1143
sgleason@myriad.com
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