BURLINGTON, Mass., Dec. 21, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coronado Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:CNDO), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel immunotherapy biologic agents for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and cancer, announced today the signing of a Clinical Trial Agreement between the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Coronado Biosciences to evaluate TSO (Trichuris suis ova or CNDO-201) for the treatment of ulcerative colitis (UC) in a phase 2 clinical trial. This multi-center study will be conducted by the NIAID-funded Autoimmunity Centers of Excellence (ACE).
