Apollo Life Sciences Begins Tests of Oral TNF Blocker for Arthritis

03-Nov-2006

Apollo Life Sciences has announced that it is beginning pre-clinical trials of a tablet TNF blocker for arthritis, using its own Oradel(TM) oral delivery system, in tandem with its own ALS-00T2 TNF blocker, which was developed especially for delivery in tablet form.

The trials extend two key Apollo platforms - the company's Oradel oral delivery technology and the ALS-00T2 TNF blocker, which has already proven effective at reducing inflammation in animal trials when injected or rubbed on the skin, and has completed Phase 1b clinical human trials for psoriasis, according to the company.

"We are now broadening Oradel technology from insulin to the larger market of anti-inflammatories. The TNF blocker development represents an extension of our oral delivery platform," said Dr Greg Russell-Jones, Apollo's Science Director. "Successful studies with the TNF blocker will pave the way for using Oradel technology with any of the current antibody therapy technologies on the market. In other words, antibodies used in medicine that today have to be injected will be able to be delivered in tablet form."

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