Mersana's ADC Technology Faces A Setback With Partial Clinical Trial Hold
Executive Summary
A patient death in a Phase I dose-escalation study of XMT-1522 in patients with HER2-expressing tumors rattled investors, but CEO Protopapas said it is not clear what the cause of death was in the very sick patient and that Mersana is working closely with the FDA.
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