Delcath (DCTH) Enters CHEMOSAT Launch Agreement with INT in Naples, Italy

March 27, 2012 6:34 AM EDT
Delcath Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: DCTH) has entered into an initial launch and training agreement for the Delcath Hepatic CHEMOSAT Delivery system with the Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione G. Pascale in Naples, Italy. The center pursues both clinical and applied research in cancer treatment and is Southern Italy's largest Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Health Care (IRCCS) in oncology.

The CHEMOSAT program at G. Pascale will be led by Paolo Ascierto, MD, medical oncologist and Prof. Nicola Mozzillo, MD, surgical oncologist. Drs. Ascierto and Mozzillo are both directors in the center's department of melanoma, soft tissues, musculo-skeletal and head and neck.

Under the terms of the agreement, Delcath will provide G. Pascale with logistics and clinical training support in the performance of chemosaturation therapy using the CHEMOSAT system. Training is expected to take place in May.


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