LAUREATE PHARMA ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH TRUBION PHARMACEUTICALS
LAUREATE TO MANUFACTURE TRUBION'S TRU-016 PRODUCT CANDIDATE
Princeton, NJ, January 30, 2007:
Laureate Pharma, Inc., a full-service biopharmaceutical development and protein production company,
today announced it has entered into an agreement to produce Trubion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s TRU-016,
a novel protein for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
Terms of the manufacturing agreement were not disclosed.
Trubion's TRU-016 program targets CD37, an antigen present on B cells, for the treatment of NHL
and CLL. Subject to satisfactory completion of preclinical testing of TRU-016, the Company expects
to file an IND for TRU-016 in the second half of 2007. Trubion currently retains all development
and commercialization rights for the TRU-016 program.
"We are pleased that Trubion chose Laureate Pharma to manufacture TRU-016 for preclinical
and clinical testing," notes Robert J. Broeze, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer
of Laureate Pharma, "and we look forward to working with them on this novel product."
About Laureate Pharma, Inc.
Laureate Pharma is a full-service biopharmaceutical development and protein production
company located in Princeton, New Jersey. Laureate Pharma offers superior bioprocessing
services that accelerate new products from development through production. Laureate
provides a wide range of specialized services from process design and development to
full-scale cGMP production, purification, aseptic filling, testing, validation, analytical
services, and regulatory support. Laureate is focused on two active segments of
the biopharmaceutical industry: monoclonal antibodies and recombinant protein products.
Laureate Pharma, Inc. is a partner company of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (NYSE: SFE),
which builds value in high-growth, revenue stage information technology and life sciences
businesses (www.safeguard.com.) For more information, contact Michael Cavanaugh, Vice
President Sales, Marketing, and Business Development at (609) 919-3400, or
info@laureatepharma.com
or visit www.laureatepharma.com.
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