New findings expand potential of cancer drug cetuximab

16 May 2016

New research from the Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG) has discovered that a new subset of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer could benefit from taking the drug cetuximab, reports EurekAlert.

Cetuximab is now marketed by US pharma major Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) and Germany’s Merck KGaA (MRK: DE) under the trade name Erbitux.

Senior investigator Chris O'Callaghan with the Queen's University-based CCTG worked with lead researcher Geoff Liu from the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and the Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group on the research.

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