Bristol-Myers Squibb to present on belatacept at American Transplant Congress

Apr 29 2010

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) announced today that belatacept, an investigational selective T cell co-stimulation blocker being studied for use in solid organ transplantation, will be the subject of eight clinical presentations related to kidney transplantation at the American Transplant Congress, being held May 1 - 5 in San Diego. Belatacept, which received a positive U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee vote on March 1 of this year, is currently under FDA review for the prophylaxis of organ rejection in adult kidney transplant recipients. In total, 17 abstracts from company-sponsored studies will be presented during the congress.

“Our clinical development program for belatacept in kidney transplant recipients demonstrates our ongoing commitment to developing targeted biologic therapies for patients with serious disease”

"Our clinical development program for belatacept in kidney transplant recipients demonstrates our ongoing commitment to developing targeted biologic therapies for patients with serious disease," said Brian Daniels, M.D., senior vice president, Global Development and Medical Affairs, Bristol-Myers Squibb. "This year's congress marks the first presentation of two-year Phase 3 data for belatacept, adding to our ongoing research efforts to better understand how this investigational compound may help kidney transplant recipients."

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