Good Ph III data for Bayer/Onyx Nexavar

15 January 2007

The New England Journal of Medicine has published pivotal Phase III trial data demonstrating that German drug major Bayer's and US firm Onyx Pharmacetuicals' co-developed Nexavar (sorafenib) doubled median progression-free survival in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma, or kidney cancer. The data, as assessed by independent radiologic review, are from the Treatment Approaches in Renal Cancer Global Evaluation Trial (TARGET) - the largest randomized controlled trial ever conducted in advanced RCC.

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