Eisai partners with Halozyme for combination drug trial to treat advanced breast cancer

31 July 2015

Japanese drug major Eisai (TYO: 4523) on Friday said it has partnered with the USA's Halozyme Therapeutics (Nasdaq: HALO) for early stage combination drug trial to treat advanced breast cancer.

The company said it will evaluate the impact of its Halaven (eribulin) and Halozyme’s drug candidate PEGPH20 (PEGylated recombinant human hyaluronidase) to treat metastatic breast cancer.

Under the terms of the deal, both the companies will jointly conduct and share the costs of a Phase Ib/II clinical study.

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