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Iniparib Loses Blockbuster Image in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Iniparib Loses Blockbuster Image in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
P Wendling
20110516
2011 Jun 16
Elsevier Global Medical News
Iniparib Loses Blockbuster Image in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2011 Jun 16, P Wendling
CHICAGO (EGMN) - After having reported striking phase II data that sent both clinicians and patients with triple-negative breast cancer clamoring for iniparib, researchers are puzzling over a puny survival advantage in the phase III trial, and are questioning how the novel drug actually works.Iniparib (BSI-201) was thought to belong to the class of targeted therapeutics known as PARP (poly [ADP (adenosine diphosphate)-ribose]...