Article: OSI Pharmaceuticals IGF-1R Inhibitor Program Featured in 97th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research Media Program.

WASHINGTON -- OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSIP) announced today that pre-clinical results from its insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R) program were featured as part of a media program on molecular targeted therapies sponsored by the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) during its annual meeting in Washington, DC held April 1-5, 2006. As highlighted in today's briefing, the research findings demonstrated that OSI's compound blocked the ability of IGF-1R to activate molecular signaling pathways within tumor cells, resulting in the inhibition of tumor growth. IGF-1R has been viewed as an important therapeutic target due to its involvement in the ...

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