GSK to test SC admin of cancer MAb

22 June 2008

Danish drugmaker Genmab AS says a Phase I/II study to evaluate a subcutaneous route of administration of ofatumumab (HuMax-CD20) in rheumatoid arthritis patients, stable on methotrexate, will be initiated soon. Consisting of two parts and including around 70 patients, the study will be conducted by the development partner of the drug, UK drug major GlaxoSmithKline.

Ofatumumab is an investigational drug being developed to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia, follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and rheumatoid arthritis under a co-development and commercialization with GlaxoSmithKline. The objective of the first part of the study is to characterize the safety and tolerability of subcutaneous ofatumumab.

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