Phylogica Surges On Early CPP Cancer Results

Phylogica is continuing its strong financial year, with the company’s shares surging after it announced that a pilot study for its cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) showed these were able to kill drug-resistant breast cancer cells in vivo, when linked with the cancer drug Omomyc.

The study also indicated that Phylogica Ltd.’s proprietary CPP fusion process significantly improved the efficacy of existing anticancer drugs including the EGFR inhibiting antibody cetuximab (Merck KGAA‘s Erbitux) and the chemotherapy agent docetaxel.

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