Calithera Announces Multiple Abstracts Selected for Presentation at the 57th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting

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Calithera Biosciences (CALA) Updates on CB-839 at 2015 AACR-NCI-EORTC

November 9, 2015 8:46 AM EST

Calithera Biosciences (NASDAQ: CALA) to announce new clinical data from the solid tumor expansion cohorts of its lead anti-cancer therapeutic candidate, CB-839, at the 2015 AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets in Boston, Massachusetts. CB-839 is a potent, selective, orally bioavailable glutaminase inhibitor in phase I clinical trials. The data support earlier findings of the clinical activity, tolerability and unique mechanism of action of CB-839 in patients with solid tumors, as well as show one partial response according to RECIST criteria.

The new data to be presented by Funda Meric-Bernstam, MD, from MD Anderson Cancer... More