SUMMIT, N.J., June 27, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Protalex, Inc (OTCBB:PRTX), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company which is engaged in developing a class of drugs for treating autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, today announced enrollment of the first patients in the 4th cohort of its ongoing multicenter Phase 1b dose escalation clinical study of PRTX-100 in adult patients with active Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) being conducted in South Africa. The dose was increased by a factor of 0.67 times from the 3rd cohort.
