Shares in Swedish biotech Isofol Medical (FRA: 5IU) looked set to close more than 30% higher on Thursday.
The company had just announced that it entered into a license agreement with Solasia Pharma (TYO: 4597), a specialized oncology company headquartered in Japan, to develop and commercialize Isofol's proprietary, late-stage drug candidate, arfolitixorin in the Asian country.
Arfolitixorin is being evaluated in the ongoing global Phase III AGENT study, as a first-line treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). The trial is currently being conducted in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia and Japan.
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