Data At ASCO From J&J Zytiga Trial’s Early End = Intel For Medivation’s MDV3100 Program
Executive Summary
Details from the COU-302 trial of Johnson & Johnson’s Zytiga, stopped early for efficacy in March, were released at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting, revealing to Medivation/Astellas insights on how to tweak their ongoing registrational trial for enzalutamide (MDV3100) in the pre-chemo prostate cancer space.
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