Friday, 30 March 2012

Threshold’s cancer drug gets FDA waif status, shares rise

(Reuters) – Threshold Pharmaceutical Inc‘s experimental cancer drug perceived orphan status from U.S. health regulators, promulgation a biotechnology company‘s batch adult as most as 6 percent in premarket trade.


The waif status, that is postulated in a United States to drugs that yield diseases inspiring fewer than 200,000 people, can yield a seven-year selling exclusivity for a drug from a date of approval.


The experimental drug, that was protected to a section of Germany’s Merck KGaA in February, had perceived waif standing from European health regulators early this month.


South San Francisco, California-based Threshold is now contrast a drug, TH-302, along with a ordinarily used chemotherapeutic agent, doxorubicin, in a late-stage hearing to yield soft hankie sarcoma.


“The formula ...

0 comments

Post a Comment