Hybrigenics gets Euro 1.4 m from OSEO to develop prostate cancer drug
Paris-based bio-pharma company Hybrigenics has been promised a E1.4 m refundable subsidy from the French innovation agency OSEO to finance the development of inecalcitol in prostate cancer.
Paris-based bio-pharma company Hybrigenics has been promised a E1.4 m refundable subsidy from the French innovation agency OSEO to finance the development of inecalcitol in prostate cancer.
Currently in a Phase II tolerance trial in patients, inecalcitol is being developed in the therapeutic indication of hormone-refractory prostate cancer, in combination with Taxotere treatment.
OSEO has decided to grant Hybrigenics a Euro 1.4 million refundable subsidy that will help finance Phase II clinical trials through to their expected completion in mid-2009, as well as the regulatory pharmaceutical requirements necessary for the authorization of therapeutic efficacy studies.
Hybrigenics' research program explores the role of enzymes known as ubiquitin-specific proteases (USP) in the degradation of onco-proteins, and the effectiveness of proprietary USP inhibitors in treating various types of cancer.