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Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia and KS Data Reported

Published in Cancer Weekly, April 14th, 1997

Aronex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., The Woodlands, Texas, and Genzyme General, Cambridge, Massachusetts, announced positive preliminary clinical trial results for Atragen in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) and Kaposi's sarcoma (KS).

The companies also announced that they have amended their agreement relating to Atragen. Preliminary safety data from an ongoing Phase II trial in APL indicate that Atragen was well tolerated, and reflected results obtained in the Phase I maximum tolerated dose trial. One hundred percent of first relapse patients (10 out of 10) have achieved a complete remission with Atragen monotherapy.

"At the end of 1997, we expect to...

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