Hygeia Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced Friday that it hassubmitted an investigational new drug (IND) application to FDAon its human monoclonal antibody product for treatingcolorectal cancer.

The drug, Monopharm-C, is a human monoclonal -- producedby in vitro immunization -- that is directed specifically againsta unique antigen found on adenocarcinoma cells, explainedRonald Brown, Hygeia's president and chief operating officer.San Diego-based Hygeia, whose stock trades on the Vancouverstock exchange as HYG, has filed patent applications on both theantigen and the attendant antibodies, Brown told BioWorld.

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