Ipsen’s Onivyde SCLC Dreams Die With Phase III Failure, Focus Shifts To Pancreatic
Stumble In Plans To Expand Label
Executive Summary
The French firm’s Onivyde has missed the mark in an advanced small-cell lung cancer Phase III trial, prompting the firm to tout the drug’s prospects in a large pancreatic cancer indication instead.
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