Vectibix clinical trials (correction)
Executive Summary
Amgen said it is continuing to study Vectibix (panitumumab), which failed to show survival benefits in a Phase IIIb trial, as a single biologic combined with chemotherapy in two Phase III trials in the first-and second-line of metastatic colorectal cancer. A previous article suggests that Vectibix failed to show survival benefits in a Phase IV commitment (1"The Pink Sheet" Aug. 20, 2007, p. 16). Phase IV commitments for Vectibix are progressing well, notably the registrational Phase III trial in the second-line of metastatic colorectal cancer, Amgen says...
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