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Taiho’s HSP90 Inhibitor Extends PFS in GIST
Taiho Pharmaceutical said on February 22 that its cancer agent pimitespib hit the primary endpoint of progression-free survival (PFS) in a Japanese PIII study in patients with previously treated gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). The study, dubbed CHAPTER-GIST-301, was designed to…
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