Wednesday, 21 December 2016

RedHill Biopharma Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase Ib/II Study with YELIVA® for Multiple Myeloma

TEL-AVIV, Israel, Dec. 20, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (NASDAQ:RDHL) (TASE:RDHL) (“RedHill” or the “Company”), a biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on development and commercialization of late clinical-stage, proprietary, orally-administered, small molecule drugs for gastrointestinal and inflammatory diseases and cancer, today announced that the first patients have been screened and a first patient has been dosed in the Phase Ib/II clinical study evaluating YELIVA® (ABC294640) in patients with refractory or relapsed multiple myeloma.


The open-label, dose escalation Phase Ib/II study is being conducted at Duke University Medical Center and is expected to enroll up to 77 patients with refractory or relapsed multiple myeloma who have previously been treated with proteasome inhibitors and immunomodulatory drugs.


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