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- Treatment completed in Albuferon(R) Phase 3 trials; first Phase 3 data in
December 2008 - - Enrollment completed in LymphoStat-B(R) Phase 3 trials; first Phase 3
data in mid-2009 -
- HGS updates financial guidance -
ROCKVILLE, Md., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: HGSI) today announced financial results and key developments for the quarter ended September 30, 2008.
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"Albuferon, LymphoStat-B and our oncology program all continued to make
substantial progress during the third quarter. In addition, we entered into
an exclusive agreement with Hospira that will enable HGS to generate
revenue in the coming years by leveraging our process development and
manufacturing capabilities," said H. Thomas Watkins, President and Chief
Executive Officer, HGS. "We are on track to report our first Phase 3 data
for Albuferon in December 2008. We are on track to report our first Phase 3
data for LymphoStat-B by mid-2009. We have also met every milestone under
our contract to supply ABthrax to the U.S. Strategic National Stockpile. We
will soon complete production, and we are currently awaiting authorization
to begin delivery. However, it now appears that the timing of this
authorization is likely to cause the ABthrax sales we previously expected
to recognize in 2008, to be recognized instead in 2009. We are updating our
2008 financial guidance accordingly. We continue to believe that ABthrax
offers a significant step forward in the treatment of inhalational anthrax
and could pla
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