Study Shows Genetic Test Guided Treatment Significantly Improves Outcomes in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder

Assurex Health, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Myriad Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:MYGN), today announced that results from a large, well-controlled pharmacogenomics study in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) were presented at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting in New York City.  The key finding is that patients were 50 percent more likely to achieve remission and 30 percent more likely to respond to treatment when their medication selection was guided by the GeneSight Psychotropic genetic test.