** Shares of drug developer AnaptysBio ANAB.O surge 28.3% to $15.88 in morning trade
** Co says its experimental drug, rosnilimab, met the main goal in a mid-stage trial for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, a chronic inflammatory disease that primarily affects the joints
** The main goal was to evaluate if the drug could significantly reduce symptoms in three dosages using a tool called DAS-28 CRP score, which measures the severity of the disease after 12 weeks in comparison with placebo
** ANAB says that the drug will be tested in patients with a type of bowel disease called ulcerative colitis by the second quarter of this year
** Stock fell 46% in the last 12 months
(Reporting by Padmanabhan Ananthan)
((Padmanabhan.Ananthan@thomsonreuters.com;))
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