CEO Interview: Ulcerative Colitis Trial Shows Abivax's HIV Candidate Has Broader Potential

05 Sep 2018

• By Sten Stovall

Abivax Phase IIa data for its lead asset showed impressive results in ulcerative colitis. The biotech's CEO tells Scrip trials in Crohn's disease and rheumatoid arthritis will now follow.

Gastrointestinal tract — Abivax Says Good Phase II Data In UC Transforms Pipeline Prospects • Source: Shutterstock

Abivax will start trialing its novel lead compound in other anti-inflammation conditions after a Phase IIa trial showed ABX464 to be safe and effective in ulcerative colitis patients who are refractive to current therapies, including anti-TNF treatment, the French biotech's CEO told Scrip.

Orally administered ABX464 had already shown good results in a recently completed Phase II clinical trial to demonstrate it can...

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