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Ablynx Builds Case For AbbVie Option On Humira Successor

 
• By Sukaina Virji

Clinical data shows Ablynx's anti-IL 6R vobarilizumab (ALX0061) to have efficacy in the same range as Roche's Actemra as a monotherapy for rheumatoid arthritis. With more data due shortly, Ablynx is confident that AbbVie will exercise its option for the product.

Ablynx NV's anti-IL 6R nanobody vobarilizumab (ALX-0061) has shown positive results in a Phase IIb monotherapy study in patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who were intolerant to methotrexate or for whom continued methotrexate treatment was inappropriate.

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