Monday, December 13, 2010

NKTR Significant Efficacy in ThirdLine Treatment Metastatic Breast Cancer

"These are important new results for NKTR-102 in patients with metastatic breast cancer," said Prof. Ahmad Awada, Head of the Medical Oncology Clinic at the Institut Jules Bordet in Brussels, Belgium. "The high confirmed objective response rate continues to show that NKTR-102 is one of the most active single agents in this disease. This is particularly evident given the number of patients with dramatic reduction in lung and liver metastases." ....



"NKTR-102 is quickly emerging as a very important potential new drug in the fight against cancer," said Lorianne Masuoka, M.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer. "The drug has consistently high response rates as a single-agent in multiple Phase 1 and 2 clinical studies to-date, including our study in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer and now in metastatic breast cancer. This clinical benefit we've observed in tumor settings, where a highly active topoisomerase 1 inhibitor could be extremely useful, makes us very excited about the future of NKTR-102." .....

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