Verastem Shares Response Rate From COPIKTRA Data

Verastem Oncology VSTM presented COPIKTRA data showing response rates of 44% to 57%, including complete response rates of 15% to 22% in patients with relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma.

Verastem is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing medicines to improve the survival and quality of life of cancer patients. COPIKTRA is also being developed by for the treatment of peripheral T-cell lymphoma.

“Although the patient numbers are small in these two Phase 1 studies, we see a positive trend in response rates,” said Steven Horwitz, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, co-principal investigator of the Phase 1 and 2 studies, and lead author of the oral presentation.

Verastem shares traded higher by 2.5% at $1.63 in Friday's pre-market session.

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