Article: GlycoDesign Ends GD0039 Trials, Moving Focus To Other Programs.

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Following last week's American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting, at which it learned of toxicities in its Phase II GD0039 renal cancer trials, GlycoDesign Inc. said it is shelving the product.

"In the North American and [French] trials for renal cancer, this past week at ASCO we found out that we are seeing toxicity," said Sheri Zernentsch, investor relations manager at GlycoDesign. "Part of that toxicity was confusion and severe fatigue. Both ethically and as a drug development company, management had to decide, Do we go further or do we stop enrollment now?'"

The Toronto-based company decided to stop enrollment. After ...

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