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Article: Micromet Shows Feasibility of Subcutaneous Delivery of BiTE Antibody in Preclinical Primate Study.
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- April 14, 2008
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BETHESDA, Md., April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Micromet, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company developing novel, proprietary antibodies for the treatment of cancer, inflammation and autoimmune diseases, presented data at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in San Diego, CA, showing good bioavailability and predictable serum levels of subcutaneously administered BiTE(R) antibodies(1). BiTE antibodies are designed to direct the body's cytotoxic, or cell-destroying, T cells against tumor cells, and represent a new therapeutic approach to cancer therapy.
Micromet conducted a pharmacokinetic study in non-human primates exploring different ...