Idec receives accelerated equity funding from Genentech, patent license from Xoma for anti-CD20 MAb.
Executive Summary
GENENTECH ACCELERATES FUNDING SCHEDULE FOR IDEC-C2B8 COLLABORATION in anticipation of positive interim results from a pivotal trial of the Idec anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody in non-Hodgkin's B-cell lymphoma. Idec will present results from the first 50 patients of a planned 150 patients in a Phase III trial of IDEC-C2B8 May 21 to the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Philadelphia.