New international study targets rare cancer bringing hope for advanced thymic cancer patients

December 8, 2009

By hammersmith

[Source: EurekaAlert] – The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Scottsdale Healthcare are testing a new drug specifically for thymic cancer based on early promising results at Scottsdale Healthcare.

PHA-848125ac is produced by Nerviano Medical Sciences of Milan, Italy’s largest pharmaceutical research and development facility. It is designed to stop abnormal cell division and duplication, a common feature of cancer.

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