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Pharmion acquires Cabrellis Pharmaceuticals, rights to amrubicin

Published in Clinical Trials Week, December 18th, 2006

Pharmion Corporation has acquired Cabrellis Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage private oncology company dedicated to the development of amrubicin, a third-generation synthetic anthracycline currently in advanced Phase II development for small cell lung cancer (SCLC) in North America and the EU.

Amrubicin has been approved in Japan since 2002, where it is marketed by Nippon Kayaku under the trade name Calsed for the treatment of SCLC and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Dainippon Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals, the original developer of amrubicin, licensed the Japanese marketing rights to Nippon Kayaku in January 2005, and the North America and EU rights to Cabrellis (then...

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