Article: Serono To Market Genentech's Raptiva In Europe, Other Areas.

Senior Staff Writer

Genentech Inc. has the marketing bases covered - Xoma Ltd. on first, itself standing on second and now Serono SA manning third - for its psoriasis product, Raptiva. Now all it has to do is touch home plate by getting approval.

Genentech, of South San Francisco, signed an agreement giving Serono, of Geneva, exclusive rights to market Raptiva in areas outside the U.S., Japan and certain other Asian countries. Genentech and Xoma, of Berkeley, Calif., will handle U.S. sales, and Genentech retains rights to Japan and the certain Asian countries. But with Serono signed on, the world is now effectively wrapped in a Raptiva marketing blanket. ...

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