CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Archemix Corp., a biotechnology company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing aptamer therapeutics for rare hematological diseases, today announced that it started a Phase 2 clinical trial of ARC1779, which is designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of ARC1779 as a first-in-class anti-platelet agent in patients suffering from a rare, life-threatening blood disorder known as thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, or TTP. There is no drug approved for the treatment of TTP and acute episodes of TTP are associated with a significant mortality rate, estimated to be as high as 20 percent.
