Actimed Aims High With Cancer Cachexia Prospect

FDA Okays Late-Stage Program

07 Sep 2023

The UK firm has got the green light in the US to conduct two Phase IIb/III trials of its cancer cachexia candidate S-pindolol but a lot more money needs to be raised to complete them.

Bhattacherjee_Robin — CEO Robin Bhattacherjee • Source: Actimed

Having got the thumbs-up from the US Food and Drug Administration to start late-stage trials of its cancer cachexia treatment, Actimed Therapeutics Ltd. is now focusing on raising the necessary funds to help get the candidate, S-pindolol benzoate, over the regulatory line.

The UK firm has received approval from the agency for its investigational new drug application for one Phase IIb/III study of S-pindolol to treat cachexia associated with colorectal cancer and...

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