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Trubion Announces Initiation of Phase 1 Study of SBI-087 for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Published in Medical Verdicts and Law Weekly, May 8th, 2008

Trubion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:TRBN) announced that its collaboration partner Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE:WYE), has initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial of SBI-087, a next-generation drug candidate for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In collaboration with Trubion, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals is developing SBI-087 and other CD20-directed products. SBI-087 for RA builds on Trubion and Wyeth's clinical experience with Trubion's lead compound, TRU-015, and is based on Trubion's Small Modular ImmunoPharmaceutical (SMIP(TM)) technology.

The Phase 1 SBI-087 dose escalation clinical trial is designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability,...

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