AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- XBiotech (NASDAQ: XBIT) announced today data that it is halting its clinical program in rheumatological disease while it seeks to understand the outcome from its recently completed Phase II, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized study in Rheumatoid Arthritis. The Phase II study failed to meet its primary endpoint amid substantial irregularities that make unequivocal interpretation of the findings difficult. XBiotech was planning launch of additional studies in arthritis as well as other areas of rheumatology, including ankylosing spondylitis, which are now on hold while recent findings are evaluated.
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