By Colin Kellaher


AbbVie on Thursday said it has acquired clinical-stage biotechnology company Celsius Therapeutics for $250 million in cash in a deal that bolsters its pipeline of potential treatments for inflammatory diseases.

AbbVie said Celsius' lead investigational asset, CEL383, has completed a Phase 1 clinical study for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD.

The North Chicago, Ill., biopharmaceutical company said CEL383 is a potential first-in-class antibody directed towards TREM1, which has been identified as a key disease driver gene in IBD.


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