First trial of RXR agonist

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Oncology NEWS InternationalOncology NEWS International Vol 17 No 5
Volume 17
Issue 5

IRVINE, California-NuRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has dosed the first patient in a single-center phase I clinical trial of its first-in-class rexinoid receptor (RXR) agonist NRX4204.

IRVINE, California-NuRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has dosed the first patient in a single-center phase I clinical trial of its first-in-class rexinoid receptor (RXR) agonist NRX4204. In preclinical studies, the orally bioavailable RXR agonist was effective in models of non-small-cell lung cancer and breast cancer.

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