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31 Mar 2011

Takeda & Amgen Face Setback As Lung Cancer Drug Fails Ph3

Amgen, Takeda and its U.S. subsidiary Millennium jointly announced that their Phase III study for a cancer drug failed to demonstrate an improvement in overall survival.

Amgen, Takeda and its U.S. subsidiary Millennium jointly announced that the Phase III study did not demonstrate an improvement in overall survival when combined with paclitaxel and carboplatin in 1,090 patients with advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer.

 

Amgen unveiled only the top-line results from the study. The details won't come out until later in the year.

 

"We are disappointed with the results f

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