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Cardiff Aims To Change Standard Of Care For Some Colorectal Cancers

 
• By Jessica Merrill

Phase II data for onvansertib in first-line RAS-mutated metastatic colorectal cancer demonstrated impressive early efficacy and underpinned a $40m fundraising for the company.

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Key Takeaways
  • Cardiff believes the PLK1 inhibitor onvansertib could be a new standard of care for RAS-mutant first-line metastatic colorectal cancer in combination with chemotherapy and bevacizumab.

 

Cardiff Oncology believes it is on track to upend the standard of care for patients with RAS-mutated metastatic colorectal cancer...

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