Hybrigenics gets Euro 1.4 m from OSEO to develop prostate cancer drug

Published: 9-Sep-2008

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.

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