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Thursday, July 4, 2013

First clinical study for development of SGX203 to treat pediatric Crohn's disease

A clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing products to treat inflammatory diseases and biodefense countermeasures where there remains an unmet medical need, announced today that it has enrolled and treated all patients in the Phase 1 Study BDP-PCD-01; the first clinical study for development of SGX203 (oral beclomethasone 17,21-dipropionate or oral BDP) for the treatment of pediatric Crohn's disease.  The SGX203 development program has previously received Fast Track and Orphan Drug designations from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for oral BDP as a treatment for pediatric Crohn's disease......