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Description of Business

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Description of Business
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Description of Business [Abstract]  
Description of Business
1.  Description of Business

XOMA Corporation ("XOMA" or the "Company"), a Delaware corporation combines a portfolio of late-stage clinical programs and research activities to develop innovative therapeutic antibodies that it intends to commercialize. XOMA focuses its scientific research on allosteric modulation, which offers opportunities for new classes of therapeutic antibodies to treat a wide range of human diseases. XOMA is developing its lead product candidate gevokizumab (IL-1 beta modulating antibody) with Servier through a global Phase 3 clinical development program and ongoing proof-of-concept studies in other IL-1-mediated diseases. XOMA's scientific research also has produced the XMet platform, which consists of three classes of preclinical antibodies, including selective insulin receptor modulators that could offer new approaches in the treatment of diabetes. The Company's products are presently in various stages of development and are subject to regulatory approval before they can be commercially launched.