Japanese pharma firm Takeda has announced that the gut-selective biologic vedolizumab when taken as a subcutaneous (SC) injection, proved efficacious in comparison to placebo in patients suffering from moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC). The therapy was proven effective in the Phase III VISIBLE 1 clinical trial in which 46.2% of patients given vedolizumab, compared to 14.3% of those given a placebo achieved clinical remission.
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