Aida Announces Completion of Anti-Cancer Drug Phase Two Testing
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Dec 04, 2007 at 05:27 AM
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AidaPharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the Company has successfully completed Phase II field testing of its anti-cancer drug, Rh-Apo2L. The product of over a decade of research, Rh-Apo2L is intendedto be a new drug therapy using a recombinant protein produced by geneticengineering. The drug is designed as a highly-targeted therapy with directfunction on cancer cells. Assuming successful completion of all testingphases and approval of the drug by China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA), Aida expects to have Rh-Apo2L on the market during the third quarterof 2008.
Phase 2 testing results thus far have shown strong efficacy in treatinglung cancer (non-small cell), non-Hodgkins lymphoma, stomach cancer, pancreatic cancer and kidney cancer. Shanghai Qiaer, Aida's research subsidiary, has reduced the key cancer targets to the three main diseaseswhich Rh-Apo2L has shown the most efficacy and which have the most market potential. These three cancer targets will be announced at a later date,pending successful trials. Formal results will also be released afterclinical tests are completed. After that, the company will apply for theapproval of commencement of Phase III clinical trials from SFDA.
About Aida Pharmaceuticals
Aida Pharmaceuticals is a product-focused pharmaceuticals company engagedin the formulation, clinical testing, registration, manufacture, sales andmarketing of advanced pharmaceutical and genetic products in mainland China.The Company's mission is to discover, develop and market meaningful newtherapies that improve human health. Aida Pharmaceuticals, in operation sinceMarch 1999, is headquartered in Hangzhou, China with manufacturing, distribution and sales points throughout mainland China. Aida is GMPcertified in China and ISO9002 certified for quality assurance and ISO14000 certified for ecologically-friendly practices.
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