Saturday 22 September 2012

Astex Pharma Announces It Will Halt Development of Lung Cancer Drug

Astex Pharmaceuticals Inc has confirmed that it will be halting the development of experimental small-cell lung cancer drug, Amuvatinib. The reason is that the drug failed to achieve a high response rate on an ongoing study. The main goal of the trial, known as ESCAPE, was to evaluate if the drug achieved a response rate of 10 percent. However Amuvatinib was able to achieve a rate of only 9.5 percent. The company said in a statement that no new safety issues ...

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