Article: XOMA Gets More Loan Money In Raptiva Deal With Genentech.

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Gearing up for an approval of the psoriasis drug Raptiva by year's end, Genentech Inc. and XOMA Ltd. have retooled their agreement, with the former financing the latter's development costs $80 million at a time.

"There's been some misperception that Genentech is handing over $95 million in loans," said Laura Zobkiw, corporate communications manager for Berkeley, Calif.-based XOMA, but the deal has not been altered by much.

"Basically, the credit limit from the original agreement has been increased, and there's a new commercial loan," she said. "This is mainly housekeeping to address and reflect current circumstances."

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