Boston – at the AACR-NCI-EORTC Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics conference today, preclinical data was presented on a first-in-class antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) targeting guanylyl cyclase c (GCC) expression in pancreatic cancer.

Petter Veiby Ph.D presenting at Molecular Targets press briefing Petter Veiby, Ph.D, Global Head of BioTherapeutics, Oncology DDU at Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co. in Boston, MA took the assembled press corps through data that showed MLN0264 demonstrated antitumor activity in GCC-pancreatic cancer xenograft models.

In drug development, as in life, timing is everything. The recent FDA approval of Celgene’s nab-paclitaxel (Abraxane) has changed the standard of care in pancreatic cancer.

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