TG shares go up in smoke after loose talk at the fireside

28 January 2022

A virtual fireside chat at the 2022 Oncology Investor Conference may seem an unusual setting for mission-critical clinical updates, but not for TG Therapeutics (Nasdaq: TGTX) chief executive Michael Weiss.

In an apparently hastily-prepared filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), TG confirmed its boss had let slip news that the US FDA has placed a partial clinical hold on its UNITY-CLL trial.

The study is evaluating the investigational combination therapy Ukoniq (umbralisib/ublituximab) in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

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