Article: Aphton Bankruptcy News Blasts Stock; Igeneon Also Facing Risk.

West Coast Editor

The sliding fortune of Aphton Corp. shifted seismically for the worse, and investors fled on word that the company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Aphton's stock (Pink Sheets:APHT) closed Wednesday at 3 cents, down 10 cents, or more than 77 percent.

Serious trouble began more than a year ago, when the firm's pancreatic cancer drug Insegia missed its primary endpoint in a Phase III trial. Insegia (G17DT immunogen) targets gastrin and is designed to spur the immune system's production of antibodies to the growth hormone and its receptor. The company's stock, then trading on Nasdaq, dropped $1.43 to close at $1.70. A ...

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