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Date:5/13/2008

pound, Traficet-EN(R), is in a Phase II/III clinical trial in patients with moderate-to-severe Crohn's disease. Outside the GSK alliance, the company has a third clinical asset in development, a proprietary CCR2 inhibitor in Phase I clinical trials, as well as a number of late-stage preclinical programs.

About Rheumatoid Arthritis and CCX354

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic and debilitating inflammatory disease which causes pain, stiffness, swelling and limitation in the motion and function of multiple joints. RA is estimated to affect more than two million people in the U.S. and is a leading cause of work disability. The exact cause of RA is unknown, but is believed to be the body's immune system attacking the synovium, the tissue that lines the joints. More than three million Americans suffer from RA. Although therapy has improved dramatically over the last 25 years, there is still no single therapy that is effective for all patients. Treatment of RA can be divided into Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDs), anti-inflammatory agents and analgesics, addressing a $10 billion market.

During the development and progression of RA, the recruitment of immune cells, both innate and adaptive, into affected joints plays a key role in the inflammatory process and the ensuing joint destruction. There is strong evidence implicating CCR1 in the pathology of RA. ChemoCentryx's approach to specifically target the CCR1 receptor with CCX354 represents a new mechanism of action in the potential treatment of RA.

About ChemoCentryx

ChemoCentryx, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing orally-administered therapeutics that target the chemokine and chemoattractant systems in order to treat autoimmune diseases, inflammatory disorders and cancer. The chemokine system is a network of secreted chemokine molecules, or ligands, and cell surface receptors that regulates inflammat
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