Conquest of low survival gallbladder cancer
By | translator Kim, Jung-Ju
23.11.14 06:17:22
In the area of bile duct cancer, where survival rates are low and treatment options are scarce, new drug candidates from domestic pharmaceutical companies have been confirmed in clinical practice and are one step closer to commercialization. HDB001A, a new drug candidate for gallbladder cancer that Handok is developing, has recently been approved by a multi-national Phase 2/3 clinical trial plan (IND) in Korea. The company plans to compare and evaluate the effectiveness of Paclitaxel alone through the combination of HDB001A and platinum-based anticancer drug Paclitaxel. Handok emerged as a dark horse in the area as HDB001A entered a late clinical trial, along with the acquisition of domestic permission for the new gallbl