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December
1st 2003. A
quick comment on the overall biotech market: the fundamentals
remain strong and momentum is continuing for new and important
therapies.
For example, Telik/NASDAQ:
TELK recently announced several positive interim
results for its cancer therapies, Telintra or Telcyta. A Phase I/IIa
clinical trial of Telintra in patients with myelodysplastic
syndrome, a bone marrow disorder that may progress to leukemia,
several patients showed improvement by increasing the levels of
both white and red blood cells counts. For Telcyta, Phase I/IIa
clinical trial in combination with Doxil in the second to
fifth-line treatment setting, interim data showed patients with
platinum refractory or resistant ovarian cancer had a 33%
objective response rate and a 100% disease stabilization rate.
These results suggest in a combination regimen, Telycyta and Doxil
can be administered with good tolerability and evidence of
dose-dependent efficacy. And, a Phase I/IIa clinical trial of
Telcyta and docetaxel in patients with platinum resistant
non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) resulted in a 29% objective
response rate and an overall rate of 69% disease stabilization.
This data indicate that the combination of Telcyta and docetaxel
may provide significant clinical benefit, as well as support
further clinical trial using the Telcyta/docetaxel combination in
the first and second line NSCLC setting. Lastly, in a Phase I/IIa
clinical trial, the combination of Telcyta and carboplatin used in
the third to sixth line treatment setting, demonstrated a 63%
response rate and an 88% overall disease stabilization rate in
patients with platinum refractory or resistant ovarian cancer.
Telik presented these interim results at the AACR-NCI-EORTC
Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics Conference in Boston.
Both Telintra and Telcyta are generating clinical data that
warrants continued development as a cancer treatment. Buy below
$20 with a target price of $26.
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