Takeda Adds Celiac Disease Candidate To GI Efforts

Phase II Study Shows Antigen-Specific Immune Tolerance Is Possible In Autoimmune Diseases

Takeda has exercised an option on partner Cour Pharmaceutical’s first-in-class lead product, after a positive Phase IIa study showed, for the first time, it was possible to induce specific immune tolerance to a foreign antigen in an autoimmune disease.    

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Gluten in wheat causes difficulties for celiac patients • Source: Shutterstock

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