MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 3, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ChemoCentryx, Inc., (Nasdaq:CCXI) reported today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan-drug designation for CCX168, an orally administered inhibitor that targets the receptor for the complement protein known as C5a (C5aR). The designation is for the treatment of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ANCA) -associated vasculitides (granulomatosis with polyangiitis or Wegener’s granulomatosis, microscopic polyangiitis, and Churg-Strauss syndrome). CCX168 is currently in the third step of the CLEAR clinical trial in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis.
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