Interview: CellCentric Prostate Cancer Drug Promises Much
Executive Summary
The Cambridge-based company's CEO Will West tells Scrip that CCS1477 has shown a lot of potential for patients with late-stage prostate cancer who are resistant to second-line anti-androgen drugs like Zytiga and Xtandi and the $26m it has just raised will help fund development of the epigenetic therapy up to Phase IIb.
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