XOMA's partner Servier launches proof-of-concept clinical program for gevokizumab

25 June 2013

US drug developer XOMA Corp (Nasdaq: XOMA) says that its development partner, French independent drugmaker Laboratoires Servier, has launched its own independent proof-of-concept (POC) clinical program to evaluate the safety and efficacy of gevokizumab, a potent modulator of interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta).

XOMA launched a similar POC clinical program in November 2011, which included studies in three separate indications: moderate to severe inflammatory acne vulgaris, erosive inflammatory osteoarthritis of the hand, and non-anterior scleritis. Servier has selected several indications across multiple therapeutic areas.

Servier sees wider indications for the compound

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