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New c-Met Inhibitor Prolongs PFS in PII for NSCLC

June 21, 2010
Results of a PII trial for the c-Met inhibitor ARQ 167 in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) were presented. This agent is in PII by Daiichi Sankyo and ArQule in the US and Europe and PI by Kyowa…

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