Cancer

Oncothyreon files investigational new drug application for PX-866 oncology compound

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, May 18th, 2008

Oncothyreon Inc. (NASDAQ: ONTY) (TSX:ONY) announced that it has filed an investigational new drug (IND) application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for PX-866, a small molecule phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI-3-kinase) inhibitor for the treatment of advanced cancers. Following FDA review, Oncothyreon plans to initiate a Phase 1 clinical trial of PX-866.

"PX-866 is a potent inhibitor of phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase that has demonstrated preclinical anti-tumor activity in models of human ovarian cancer, lung cancer and intracranial glioblastoma," said Lynn Kirkpatrick, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer of Oncothyreon. "We believe that PX-866, an irreversible...

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