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XOMA u picking up this news yet? (COMTEX) B: Xoma wins $1.7 million subcontract from SRI International ( Da
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B: Xoma wins $1.7 million subcontract from SRI International ( Datamonitor )

Jul 31, 2009 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) --
Xoma, a biopharmaceutical company, has received a new $1.7 million
subcontract from SRI International to produce novel antibody drugs against
the virus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome or SARS, a highly
contagious infectious disease that often progresses to pneumonia and may be
fatal.

The project is funded under a 2006 prime contract between SRI, a nonprofit
scientific research institute based in Menlo Park, California and the
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the
National Institutes of Health.

Xoma's responsibilities will include the evaluation of several antibodies
for growth, productivity, manufacturability and performance in bioreactors.
Xoma may receive additional awards under this five year contract.

Previously, NIAID has awarded three contracts for a total of nearly $100
million to Xoma to develop anti-botulism antibodies. The first product
candidate resulting from this work, XOMA 3AB, is currently undergoing
pre-investigational new drug studies studies.

Steven Engle, chairman and CEO of Xoma, said: "We are pleased that Xoma has
been selected for this important new project. Currently, the federal
government is funding another key project under which we will develop and
evaluate antibody products to the botulinum neurotoxin, with the goal of
entering into a long-term manufacturing and stockpiling contract."
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