Ariad initiates trial of AP23573 in prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer diagnosis in men other than skin cancer. Despite hormone treatment the disease resurfaces in many patients. When this occurs the patient
US-based biotechnology company Superluminal Medicines has completed a $60m Series B financing round to support its research into therapies for rare genetic forms of obesity and hypothalamic obesity.
Under the one-year extension, Metabolex will receive research funding and screening and development milestones from Astellas Pharma (formerly Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical). The two companies initiated their research collaboration, focused