RE: which drug?18 Jan 2022 17:00
Yeah odd not mentioned in the RNS but from the Sept interims RNS it was Velcade...
"The next most advanced pre|CISION™ pro-drug is AVA3996, a FAP-activated analogue of Velcade, Takeda's proteasome inhibitor which comes off patent in 2022. The global proteasome inhibitors market size is expected to be worth $1.7 billion by 2023 (source) and Velcade represents just over half of that market. As with all chemotherapies the benefit of these drugs is limited by toxicities and tolerability for patients. In the case of Velcade, there are significant side effects such as peripheral neuropathy which has limited its approval, principally to multiple myeloma. A potentially safer proteasome inhibitor, such as AVA3996, could win significant market share for the treatment of multiple myeloma and also be used to treat solid tumours, such as pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer also exhibits the highest level of FAP activity of any solid tumour and therefore a FAP activated pro-drug could have significant potential in this area of high unmet need."