Pharmaceutical Business review

CombinatoRx discontinues arthritis drug development

The company’s clinical trial results showed that the drug candidate CRx-150 did not significantly decrease inflammation.

Alexis Borisy, president and CEO of CombinatoRx, said the level of activity observed with the drug would not be competitive within the company’s product portfolio or the rheumatoid arthritis marketplace. “Our lead RA product candidate, CRx-102, has demonstrated a much stronger clinical profile to date,” he added.