UCB Group: Early Data on Cimzia(R) from the WELCOME Study Show Efficacy in Infliximab-Refractory Crohn’s Disease Patients

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM--(Marketwire - March 04, 2008) - First Presentation of Six-Week Data from the WELCOME Study at ECCO Brussels, Belgium - 4 March 2008 - 7:00 am CET - Six-week data from the WELCOME trial presented at the 3rd congress of the European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation (ECCO) show Cimzia® (certolizumab pegol), the first and only PEGylated anti-TNF-alpha, to be effective in Crohn’s patients who are intolerant, or are no longer responding to infliximab.

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