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MedImmune's Biologic Solution to Blocking IGF in Solid Tumors Heads Into Phase II Studies
MedImmune's Biologic Solution to Blocking IGF in Solid Tumors Heads Into Phase II Studies
S Haley
20110305
2011 Apr 5
The Pink Sheet Daily
MedImmune's Biologic Solution to Blocking IGF in Solid Tumors Heads Into Phase II Studies
The Pink Sheet Daily. 2011 Apr 5, S Haley
ORLANDO , Fla. - MedImmune showed off its fresh solution to the knotty problem of neutralizing insulin-like growth factor, a key player in the growth and proliferation of many solid tumors, at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting April 4, with a poster on the activity of its MIDI-573. The novel approach taken by MedImmune, AstraZeneca's biologics business, is to block the IGF pathway by blocking the ligand that binds the receptor, overcoming the limitations others have run...