Brussels, 15 September 2006 - UCB announced today the creation of the Chair in Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease to support the research of Professor Severine Vermeire and Professor Paul Rutgeerts of the division of Gastroenterology of the university hospital at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL). The research concerns the mechanisms of action of biological therapies in IBD and predictive factors for outcome.