Corgentech Inc. (CGTK) |
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This is a printer friendly page! Corgentechs E2F Decoy
technology is now in the final stages of its Phase III trials. It could be the first drug surgeons will be
able to use for prevention of vein graft failure in heart bypass (CABG) and leg bypass
(PBG) surgery.
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Our drug is in the final development stage in two Phase III trials for a single indication of prevention of vein graft failure. Our first trial is in leg surgery. Here the vascular surgeon will use the greater saphenous vein to bypass clogged arteries in the leg, for patients who have leg pain at rest. That trial is fully enrolled with 1,400 patients in over eighty centers in the United States and we expect the results of that trial by the end of this year. The second trial is for cardiovascular arterial bypass graft (CABG) surgery has also completely enrolled all 2400 patients treated in over a hundred centers in the United States. The data from that trial will be available in the first quarter of 2005. We have Fast Tack designation from the FDA for both indications due to the high unmet medical need, compelling pre-clinical data, excellent safety profile, and no other approved drugs. This designation could afford Corgentech a shorter, six month, review cycle to approval. - Richard P. Powers |
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