BG Medicine Announces Issuance Of Patent Covering Galectin-3 Testing For Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

WALTHAM, Mass., March 20, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BG Medicine, Inc. (Nasdaq:BGMD) today announced that on March 18, 2014, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued patent 8,672,857, titled "Galectin-3 and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy," to the Company. The patent claims methods for predicting responsiveness to cardiac resynchronization therapy by the measurement of the concentration of the protein galectin-3 in blood.

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