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Pharmion and Methylgene Report Favorable Results for Phase 2 MGCD0103 Single- Agent Studies in Relapsed or Refractory Lymphomas at the 49th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Meeting

Published in Law and Health Weekly, December 29th, 2007

Pharmion Corporation (NASDAQ:PHRM) and MethylGene Inc. (TSX: MYG) announced data from two ongoing Phase 2 studies with MGCD0103, the Companies' novel, isotype-selective histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, as a single-agent in the treatment of Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Data from these studies were presented today at the 49th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Society of Hematology (ASH).

"These exploratory Phase 2 trials show meaningful activity of MGCD0103 in patients with differing types of lymphomas," said Patrick J. Mahaffy, president and chief executive officer of Pharmion. "This is important not only for the continuing...

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