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June 7, 2019

1xbet 모바일 and Taiho Announce that Taiho Will Commercialize Two of Astex Pharmaceuticals' Drug Candidates in North America

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Astex's development-stage drug c1xbet 모바일idates for which North American commercialization rights will be transferred include:

Guadecitab1xbet 모바일e

Acute myeloid leukemia(AML) Phase 3
Myelodysplastic syndrome(MDS) Phase 3
Ovarian cancer Phase 2
A next-generation, low-molecular-weight DNA methylation inhibitor that is designed to allow the active metabolite decitabine to work longer in the body 1xbet 모바일 thereby efficiently reach tissues such as the bone marrow. Therapeutic effects on patients with MDS 1xbet 모바일 AML are hypothesized to occur through restoration of the function of inactivated tumor suppressor genes in cancer cells, thereby suppressing cancer formation 1xbet 모바일 growth.

ASTX727

Myelodysplastic syndrome(MDS)

Phase 3

The first-ever, fixed-dose-combination, oral DNA methylation inhibitor that combines the metabolic enzyme inhibitor cedazuridine with decitabine, the active ingredient of the DNA methylation inhibitor Dacogen. Preliminary results of phase 3 trials in patients with MDS indicated that the plasma drug concentration-time curve (AUC) 1xbet 모바일 pharmacodynamics, safety, 1xbet 모바일 tolerability were equivalent to those of Dacogen injections.