Clavis and Clovis Sign Licensing Deal for Cancer Drug
Start-up biotech Clovis Oncology has signed a $380 million deal to license an experimental pancreatic cancer drug from Norwegian company Clavis Pharma.
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GenVec Receives Orphan Drug Designation, $22M Development Deal
GenVec’s experimental drug to treat pancreatic cancer has been granted orphan drug status by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Melanoma Drug Called a “Breakthrough” After Study
Scientists are calling Plexxikon’s experimental skin cancer drug a “breakthrough” after it successfully shrank tumors in clinical trial patients.