Tarveda Therapeutics Doses First Patient in Study of Innovative Conjugate PEN-866 for Patients With Solid Tumors

Tarveda Therapeutics Doses First Patient in Study of Innovative Conjugate PEN-866 for Patients With Solid Tumors

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Tarveda Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing Pentarins as a new class of potent and selective cancer medicines, announced on 4/24/18 that it has dosed the first patient in a Phase 1/2a study evaluating PEN-866 in patients with advanced solid tumors. PEN-866 is a miniature drug conjugate that selectively binds to the intracellular target Heat Shock Protein 90 (HSP90) and is linked to SN-38, a known and potent anti-cancer payload.