Use Of Protein Biomarkers Punctuates Clovis' Fast-Paced Clinical Trials Strategy

A year ago, Clovis Oncology secured $145 million in start-up financing, the largest A round ever for a biotech. Now, the firm has mapped out a potential clinical trials and approval track for its first therapeutics program. And under a deal announced in April, development of that first drug, a lipid-conjugated formulation of the chemotherapy drug gemcitabine, will include a companion diagnostic developed and sold by Ventana Medical Systems.