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- noun A
monoclonal antibody under investigation for the treatment ofulcerative colitis andCrohn's disease .
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Takeda starts late-stage trials of bowel drug vedolizumab
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Japan's Takeda says that its Millennium Pharmaceuticals unit has initiated two Phase III clinical trials for vedolizumab, its investigational compound for inflammatory bowel disease.
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The trials, known as the Gemini programme, will study vedolizumab for the treatment of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, the two main types of IBD.
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"the unique gut-selective targeting of vedolizumab has the potential to benefit IBD patients without compromising systemic immune function."
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Dosing of the first patient in the Phase III development program of vedolizumab is an exciting milestone, "said Brian Feagan, professor of medicine at the University of Western Ontario,
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