Infinity will not go beyond Phase II with retaspimycin
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Executive Summary
Infinity Pharmaceuticals ended development for its selective heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) inhibitor retaspimycin hydrochloride following a failed Phase II lung cancer study and will focus instead on IPI-145, an oral inhibitor of phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K)-delta and PI3K-gamma.
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