Acute Myelogenous Leukemia

Vion Pharmaceuticals Presents Preliminary Data from its Pivotal Phase II Trial of Cloretazine(R) (VNP40101M) in Acute Myelogenous Leukemia at ASH Annual Meeting

Published in Health Business Week, December 28th, 2007

VION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (NASDAQ:VION) announced that data from its pivotal Phase II trial of its lead anticancer agent Cloretazine(R) (VNP40101M) in elderly patients with de novo poor-risk acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) had been presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology in Atlanta, Georgia.

Alan Kessman, Chief Executive Officer, said, "We are extremely pleased with these preliminary data. Based on these data at this time, we believe that we have achieved the targeted response rate for this study." He added, "It remains our plan to file a new drug application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2008 based on the data from this...

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Source: Health Business Week (2007-12-28)

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