Breast Cancer

Drug development company doses first patient in breast cancer study

Published in Biotech Business Week, May 3rd, 2004

YM BioSciences Inc. (YM) announced that the first patient has been dosed in its 700-patient phase III registration trial for metastatic breast cancer.

The international pivotal trial is designed to compare the overall survival differential resulting from the combination of YM's drug, tesmilifene, with the anthracycline, epirubicin, and cyclophosphamide against the use of epirubicin/cyclophosphamide alone in women with metastatic breast cancer.

"We are very pleased to have commenced this important trial on time, and anticipate to have completed enrolment in approximately 18 months," said Mr. David Allan, chairman and chief executive officer of YM...

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