Teduglutide trial promising

Yahoo has a press release about a small study into an interesting experimental drug Teduglutide:

Overall, the study results showed a positive and consistent trend toward efficacy and a dose response favoring the highest dose group: 36.8% of patients receiving the highest dose of teduglutide reached clinical remission (Crohn's disease activity index (CDAI) score of less than 150 points) at week two versus 16.7% of the placebo group, while 55.6% of patients in the highest dose group reached clinical remission by week eight compared to 33.3% of the placebo group. Teduglutide was well tolerated with no serious adverse events related to the drug.

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Teduglutide is a proprietary analog of glucagon-like peptide 2 (GLP-2), a naturally occurring hormone that regulates the growth, proliferation and maintenance of cells lining the gastrointestinal tract. A previous Phase 2 clinical study in patients with Short Bowel Syndrome showed that daily subcutaneous injections of teduglutide resulted in significant growth of the intestinal lining and improved dietary absorption of nutrients and fluids.