SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Oct. 15, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OXiGENE, Inc. (Nasdaq:OXGN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics to treat cancer, announced that data from a preclinical study of ZYBRESTAT® (fosbretabulin tromethamine/combretastatin A-4 phosphate or CA4P) demonstrating antitumor activity in a model of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) will be presented at the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, being held in the Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA, October 19-23, 2013.
The data will be presented in a poster by ZiQiang Yuan, MD, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Steven K. Libutti, MD, FACS, Professor of Surgery and Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Montefiore Medical Center, is the senior author.
Details on the OXiGENE poster presentation are as follows:
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Combretastatin A-4 Phosphate (CA4P) is effective for the treatment of functional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) in a transgenic mouse model |
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ZiQiang Yuan1, Nikolas Zaphiros1, Asha Adem1, Norvilia Etienne1, Jai Balkissoon2, Dai Chaplin2, Steven K. Libutti1 |
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1Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY; 2OXiGENE, South San Francisco, CA |
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Poster Session A; Angiogenesis and Antiangiogenesis Agents 1 |
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Sunday, October 20, 2013 12:30-3:00 pm, Exhibit Hall C-D |
The abstract for this presentation can be viewed here:
http://www.abstractsonline.com/Plan/ViewAbstract.aspx?mID=3429&sKey=43335476-b933-4b8a-9b96-57f8f9e50225&cKey=32eab685-06c7-4a5d-a097-2495aa76bd31&mKey=18fa2242-fd0d-4689-82a0-e4d68ac8a74a.
About OXiGENE
OXiGENE is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics to treat cancer. The Company's major focus is developing vascular disrupting agents (VDAs) that selectively disrupt abnormal blood vessels associated with solid tumor progression. The Company's lead clinical product, ZYBRESTAT, is in development as a potential treatment for ovarian cancer and anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC). OXiGENE is dedicated to leveraging its intellectual property and therapeutic development expertise to bring life-extending and life-enhancing medicines to patients.
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