SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NewCardio, Inc., (BULLETIN BOARD: NWCI) a cardiac diagnostic technology provider, announced today that a leading global biopharmaceutical services provider has signed a MSA, licensing NewCardio's QTinno(TM) software solution to enhance its delivery of fully automated cardiac safety analyses for early phase QT studies. The CRO is expected to deploy QTinno in several clinical unit locations worldwide.
In addition, the CRO has signed a services work order related to the first study using QTinno, which is scheduled to be initiated this June.
"NewCardio now has agreements with three of the leading CROs in the industry," said Vincent Renz, NewCardio's President and Chief Operating Officer. "We are excited about the prospects of this latest agreement, which will result in initial study-related revenue for NewCardio. We continue to believe the transition from semi-automated to fully automated cardiac safety analysis in early phase QT studies is inevitable and accelerating, and the successful completion of our initial studies is expected to lead the market to shift to more high quality, cost effective fully automated studies in the near future. For the CRO, this agreement expands their scope of services in QT studies, enabling them to enhance delivery of high-quality cardiac safety analyses."
NewCardio's innovative 3D ECG platform technology dramatically improves the accuracy and significantly increases the diagnostic value of the standard 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG). NewCardio's lead product is QTinno, a software suite that provides an automated, comprehensive analysis of QT intervals and other ECG-based cardiac safety for the pharmaceutical industry and drug regulators. The Company believes that its QTinno, software-based, analytical technology is the industry's first solution for the reliable automated analysis of ECGs used to determine cardiac toxicity during drug development.
About NewCardio, Inc.
NewCardio is a cardiac diagnostic and services company developing and marketing proprietary software platform technologies to provide higher accuracy to, and increase the value of, the standard 12-lead ECG. NewCardio's 3-D ECG software platform reduces the time and expense involved in assessing cardiac status while increasing the ability to diagnose clinically significant conditions which were previously difficult to detect. NewCardio's software products and services significantly improve the diagnosis and monitoring of cardiovascular disease, as well as cardiac safety assessment of drugs under development. For more information, visit http://www.newcardio.com/.
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