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Second New Zealand anticancer “stealth” drug targeted for clinical development
4 August 2011
A second anticancer “stealth” drug designed by New Zealand scientists has been targeted for clinical development under a collaborative agreement between Proacta Incorporated (San Diego) and Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. (Tokyo).
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Compound designed in New Zealand starves cancer cells of glucose
4 August 2011
Scientists from the Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre (ACSRC) and Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery have designed a new compound that starves certain cancer cells of glucose, depriving them of energy.
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New Zealand cancer drug to commence clinical trials
13 June 2011
A novel cancer drug designed by scientists from The University of Auckland and Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, and licensed to university spin-out company Pathway Therapeutics, Inc., has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to enter c...
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New Zealand-designed anti-tumour agent to enter clinical development
7 June 2011
A novel anti-tumour agent, CEN-209, created by New Zealand scientists will enter clinical development under two international agreements announced last week.
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