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o Abbott Laboratories, of Abbott Park, Ill., said the European Medicines Evaluation Agency granted a positive opinion on Humira (adalimumab), or D2E7, for the treatment of adult rheumatoid arthritis. Abbott said Humira will become the first human monoclonal antibody approved in Europe for RA, and the first tumor necrosis factor alpha antagonist approved with an indication for use with methotrexate or as monotherapy. Humira works by blocking TNF-alpha.

o Advanced Life Sciences Inc., of Woodbridge, Ill., licensed proteomics-based technology from the Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill. Included is a compound called ALS-499, which has shown inhibitory ...

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