ARCA biopharma Announces Health Canada Acceptance Of Genetic-AF Clinical Trial Application

WESTMINSTER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ARCA biopharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: ABIO), a biopharmaceutical company developing genetically targeted therapies for cardiovascular diseases, today announced that the Company’s Clinical Trial Application (CTA) for the GENETIC-AF clinical trial evaluating GencaroTM as a potential treatment for atrial fibrillation (AF) has been accepted by Health Canada. ARCA anticipates that clinical trial sites in Canada will be active in the fourth quarter of 2014.

ARCA is evaluating Gencaro, a pharmacologically unique beta-blocker and mild vasodilator, as a potential treatment for AF in the Phase 2B/3 GENETIC-AF clinical trial, which is currently enrolling patients in the United States. ARCA has identified common genetic variations that it believes predict individual patient response to Gencaro, giving it potential to be the first genetically targeted therapy for the prevention of atrial fibrillation.

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