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Nature Biotechnology 26, 1053–1054 (1 October 2008) | doi:10.1038/nbt1008-1053

CD20 blockers eye crowded rheumatology market

George S Mack

When trial results for a novel cancer drug were trumpeted in July, the rheumatology field felt the ripples. The drug is ofatumumab, a monoclonal antibody (mAb) targeting the CD20 molecule on B lymphocytes.