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CrystalGenomics Eyes COVID-19 Trials As Hopes Rise For Ivaltinostat

Also Seeking Pipeline Alliances

 
• By Jung Won Shin

Although the pandemic could slightly delay CrystalGenomics’ business and R&D plans, the South Korean biotech is still hopeful this year will bring long-awaited progress for anticancer candidate ivaltinostat as well as discovery of its potential as a treatment for the new coronavirus.

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Despite the challenging global situation, CrystalGenomics Inc. has many things to look forward to this year, what with progress for its anticancer drug candidates and planned business expansion via possible acquisition and licensing deals.

First off, the South Korean company's investigational oncology drug ivaltinostat (CG-745) has finished an important clinical study and is expected to enter a

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