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Spectrum regains apaziquone from Allergan, to file US NDA on pooled data

 
• By Mandy Jackson

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals has reacquired the rights to apaziquone from Allergan, but the company's stock price likely rose higher on 31 January due to Spectrum's announcement that the US FDA will allow submission of a new drug application (NDA) based on statistically significant results in a pooled data analysis from two failed Phase III bladder cancer studies.

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals has reacquired the rights to apaziquone from Allergan, but the company's stock price likely rose higher on 31 January due to Spectrum's announcement that the US FDA will allow submission of a new drug application (NDA) based on statistically significant results in a pooled data analysis from two failed Phase III bladder cancer studies.

Spectrum's stock ended the day up $0.68, or 5.7%, at $12.61 per share, which is between the low-end and mid-point...

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