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Biopharmaceutical company licenses anti-sickling agent from Virginia Commonwealth

Published in Blood Weekly, January 26th, 2006

Xechem International, Inc. (XKEM) Xechem International announced that it has acquired the exclusive licensing rights to a new five-membered heterocyclic anti-sickling compound from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, Virginia.

Early research has shown this anti-sickling agent to be a highly effective and relatively nontoxic treatment for sickle cell disease (SCD). The compound expands Xechem's existing products for treating SCD.

Previously, Xechem acquired the license from the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD), Ministry of Health, Government of Nigeria, for the manufacture, marketing and distribution...

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