A&G Pharmaceutical Receives $870,000 Grant from Avon Foundation

PR Newswire:

"A&G Pharmaceutical announced today that the Avon Foundation Breast Cancer Prevention Research Initiative has awarded A&G an $870,000 grant to conduct multicenter clinical studies focused on measuring levels of A&G's proprietary breast cancer biomarker, GP88, in blood and tissue samples from breast cancer patients. Results of the studies could provide the basis for developing a blood test that would enable early detection of breast cancer.

The award was one of 12 grants totaling more than $7 million awarded this year by the Avon Foundation as part of its Breast Cancer Prevention Research Initiative, and it is the first ever awarded by the foundation to a private company."