ADVR, a bio-pharmaceutical company, recently announced that effective June 27, 2006, the company received US patent approval for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis by administering Product R (AVR118). Product R is a peptide-nucleic acid preparation. It’s combinations of peptides, amino acids, nucleosides, nucleotides and nucleic acid bases modulate the immune system.
According to the company’s website, the drug “appears to stimulate the pro inflammatory response required to combat...
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