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Avecia, Illumigen ink development, manufacturing agreement

Published in Genetics and Environmental Business Week, November 30th, 2006

Avecia and Illumigen Biosciences, Inc., a genomics-driven drug discovery and development company, have entered into an agreement for the process development and manufacture of Illumigen's lead development product, IB657, for the treatment of Hepatitis C and other RNA viruses.

Under the agreement, terms of which have not been disclosed, Avecia will carry out development work to optimize the drug manufacturing process and conduct initial cGMP manufacture of IB657 in Avecia's ABC1000 biologics facility in the Tees Valley, U.K. This manufacturing agreement will provide Illumigen with IB657 in sufficient quantities to complete phase Ia clinical trials in Hepatitis C-infected...

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Source: Genetics and Environmental Business Week (2006-11-30)

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