CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Biogen Idec (Nasdaq:BIIB) today announced that it has initiated a Phase III randomized, double-blind study of an investigational anti-CD80 monoclonal antibody, galiximab, for patients with lymphoma. The trial will compare treatment with galiximab in combination with rituximab (RITUXAN®) to rituximab in combination with placebo in patients with follicular non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) that has relapsed or failed to respond to initial therapy.
