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Article: Clinic Roundup.
- Article from:
- BIOWORLD Today
- Article date:
- November 3, 2009
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o Active Biotech AB, of Lund, Sweden, reported data from an interim analysis of the ongoing TASQ Phase I study showing that daily treatment of 0.5 mg TASQ led to a reduced rate of prostate specific antigen (PSA) in all 10 patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer. In nine of the 10 patients, that decrease was greater than 50 percent, and four patients showed a decrease serum level of PSA after four months of TASQ treatment. The trial is expected to involve a total of 24 patients. Active Biotech anticipates starting Phase II/III studies next year.
o Avidia Inc., of Mountain View, Calif., initiated dosing in a Phase I trial of C326, an inhibitor of ...