Verastem Slashes Staff After Mesothelioma Failure
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Verastem Inc. is slashing its head count by 50%, or 20 employees, as the company continues to regroup after lead drug candidate VS-6063 failed to show an efficacy benefit for mesothelioma patients at an interim analysis in a Phase II clinical trial.
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