CombinatoRx presents update on pipeline

3 August 2008

USA-based firm CombinatoRx provided an update on several key drug development programs in its annual R&D day presentations at its headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

During the presentation, the firm presented new data suggesting that Synavive's (dipyridamole) mechanism-of-action leads to the suppression of pro-inflammatory mediators without amplification of glucocorticoid-induced side effects. Publication is planned for October.

The company is also developing a once-daily, modified-release formulation of the drug, which it hopes will minimize the common side effects. The firm noted that data from a clinical study of 24 healthy volunteers showed 0% of subjects given modified-release dipyridamole experienced a headache versus 41% for those who were administered a conventional formulation of the agent.

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