Tokyo-based Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd. discontinued a phase III trial for nimotuzumab on the recommendation of an independent data monitoring committee after four treatment-related deaths were observed, all in the nimotuzumab arm.

Japanese firm Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd. completed phase I trials for resminostat – licensed from German firm 4SC AG – in solid tumors, as the partners hope to move forward with the target indication of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Japan, where liver cancer is one of the largest causes of cancer-related death.

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Tokyo-based Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd. discontinued a phase III trial for nimotuzumab on the recommendation of an independent data monitoring committee after four treatment-related deaths were observed, all in the nimotuzumab arm.

apanese firm Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd. completed phase I trials for resminostat – licensed from German firm 4SC AG – in solid tumors, as the partners hope to move forward with the target indication of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Japan, where liver cancer is one of the largest causes of cancer-related death.