Oxford Genome Sciences re-named Oxford BioTherapeutics

8 December 2008

UK company Genome Sciences says that it has changed its name to Oxford BioTherapeutics. The new name will take effect immediately and comes at a time when the company continues to advance its pipeline of promising novel antibody-based cancer therapeutics. The new name reflects its complete focus on the discovery and development of targeted antibody medicines to address large and unmet patient needs in the field of oncology.

OBT combines its in-house capabilities in the discovery of novel targets for oncology with its partners Medarex' and Amgen's expertise in the development of antibody therapeutics to create an exciting pipeline of innovative first-in-class therapeutics for the treatment of cancer.

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