BioWa and Medarex Announce Allowance of Investigational New Drug Application for Second-Generation Anti-CD30 Antibody (MDX-1401)

16-Jan-2007

BioWa, Inc. and Medarex, Inc. announced the allowance of an investigational new drug application (IND) filed with the U.S. food & Drug Administration (FDA) for MDX-1401, a fully human antibody that targets CD30-positive lymphomas. MDX-1401 is enhanced for greater Fc receptor mediated antibody activity, one critical mechanism in tumor lysis by antibodies, using BioWa's Potelligent Technology.

The dose-escalation, multi-dose Phase I clinical trial is expected to enroll up to 36 patients with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin's disease. The trial is designed to establish and evaluate the safety profile and initial efficacy of MDX-1401. Preclinical in vitro studies showed that this second-generation nonfucosylated anti-CD30 antibody demonstrated enhanced antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC), an important mechanism of action of therapeutic antibodies, and was active in inhibiting tumor growth in in vivo xenograft models.

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