Stromedix, a Cambridge, MA-based biotech company, said it has received a U.S. patent that protects its lead drug for fibrosis, STX-100. The patent, U.S. 7,465,449, covers high-affinity monoclonal antibodies and antigen-binding fragments that block a target on cells that is an important regulator of fibrosis and tissue injury. Rebecca described this technology that Stromedix acquired from Biogen Idec back in April.
Author: Luke Timmerman
Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.
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