FREMONT, Calif., April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Abgenix, Inc. (Nasdaq: ABGX) has
hired Steven Chamow, Ph.D., as Vice President of Process Sciences. Dr. Chamow,
a biochemist with extensive industry experience in biopharmaceutical
development, will be responsible for building and leading process science
groups at Abgenix. Most recently, Dr. Chamow was Director, Biopharmaceutical
Development of Scios, Inc. Prior to Scios, Dr. Chamow spent eleven years in
product development at Genentech, Inc.
"Dr. Chamow brings to Abgenix an exemplary track record in protein product
development and is experienced with the critical interface between research
and product development," said R. Scott Greer, chairman and CEO of Abgenix.
"His experience at Genentech, a leader in large-scale antibody and protein
process development, will be particularly valuable as we scale up our antibody
production efforts."
Abgenix is a biopharmaceutical company that develops and intends to
commercialize antibody therapies for the treatment of such conditions as
transplant-related diseases, inflammatory and autoimmune disorders,
cardiovascular disease, infectious diseases and cancer. For more information
on Abgenix, visit the company's Web site at http://www.abgenix.com.
Abgenix developed XenoMouse(TM) technology to enable the rapid generation
of high affinity, fully human antibody product candidates to essentially any
disease target appropriate for antibody therapy. Abgenix has collaborative
arrangements with multiple pharmaceutical, genomics and biotechnology
companies involving its XenoMouse technology. In addition, Abgenix has
multiple proprietary antibody product candidates under development internally,
three of which are in human clinical trials for graft-versus-host disease,
psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis and cancer.
Statements made in this press release about Abgenix's XenoMouse
technology, product development activities and collaborative arrangements,
other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements and
are subject to a number of uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from the statements made, including risks associated with
the success of clinical trials, the progress of research and product
development programs, the regulatory approval process, competitive products,
future capital requirements and the extent and breadth of Abgenix's patent
portfolio. Please see Abgenix's public filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission for information about risks that may affect Abgenix.
SOURCE Abgenix, Inc.
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