Augurex is a biotechnology company that is focused on the development of biomarkers, which are substances in the body that inform patient conditions to assist in their diagnosis and to help optimize therapy selection and patient management. Extracellular 14-3-3η protein represents the company’s first biomarker and also serves as a drug target for the potential treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a particularly debilitative form of arthritis.

Press Release

11/18/2011 - Novel Blood Test Identifies Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis; Findings Reported at the American College of Rheumatology (ACR)

05/28/2011 - Augurex Reports Positive Data for RA Blood Test and Drug Target at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR)