New York-based Tyme Technologies partnered with Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic to launch a pancreatic research program.
Here's what you need to know.
1. Martin Fernandez-Zapico, MD, will lead the program.
2. Dr. Fernandez-Zapico is a noted pancreatic cancer researcher with the Mayo Clinic. He works out of the clinic's Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and the Center for Cell Signaling in Gastroenterology.
The National Institutes of Health supports his research.
3. Dr. Fernandez-Zapico's research has been "seminal for the understanding of mechanisms driving this malignancy and serves as a foundation for multiple National Cancer Institute sponsored trials."
4. Tyme is hoping the research program can "potentially discover the future cure of pancreatic cancer."
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