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Report on potential NCE threat for Keryx crimps big stock gain
Keryx is finding it hard to hang on to the huge gains its shares made last week after investors responded enthusiastically to positive data from a Phase III study of the phosphorous-clearing drug Zerenex.
Venture firm preps $100M fund for late-stage life sciences investments
Following a well-defined trail of venture groups into late-stage investing, San Francisco-based Foresite Capital Management says it has wrapped a $100 million fund that will be heavily focused on the most disruptive and most promising late-stage technology it can find in biotech, genomics and diagnostics, among other healthcare fields.
Keryx shares soar on upbeat PhIII results for CKD drug Zerenex
Shares of Keryx Biopharmaceuticals roared into the fast lane this morning, shooting ahead 46% on the news that its long-awaited Phase III study of its phosphate binder Zerenex had wrapped with positive top-line data among kidney dialysis patients. The news positioned the small-cap biotech for marketing applications in the U.S. and Europe.
Keryx, Aeterna shares crater on word of Phase III cancer study flop
Canada's Aeterna Zentaris put out the word this morning that perifosine flamed out in a late-stage cancer study conducted by its partner Keryx Biopharmaceuticals.
Keryx ($KERX) claims a front-line victory with PhIII Zerenex data
Keryx Biopharmaceuticals' ( $KERX ) phosphate-lowering drug Zerenex proved effective in a late-stage study, positioning the biotech to make a 2012 run at the market-leading therapy by offering dialysis
Keryx's shares rally on new orphan drug title for perifosine
Keryx Biopharmaceuticals says that its experimental late-stage cancer drug perifosine won its second orphan drug classification from the FDA, helping fuel a rally in its share price. Already dubbed
Keryx shares spike as cancer drug wins fast track
With a late-stage trial for the colorectal cancer drug KRX-0401 looming this quarter, Aeterna Zentaris and partner Keryx say they won fast-track status from the FDA for the program. Keryx shares
Keryx shares surge on promising colon cancer data
Shares of Keryx Pharmaceuticals jumped more than 12 percent after its experimental colon cancer drug hit a trio of key goals in a mid-stage clinical trial. Researchers say the drug, KRX-0401 or
Keryx lands orphan status for cancer drug; shares soar
Shares of Keryx Biopharmaceuticals zoomed up to a 52-week high this morning after the developer announced that the FDA had extended orphan drug status to its late-stage cancer drug KRX-0401. Keryx
Keryx triggers big shakeup to counter trial fiasco
Less than a month after seeing its lead drug candidate go down in flames in a late-stage trial, Keryx
