Ab­b­Vie grap­ples with an­oth­er set­back as 2 PhI­II tri­als for its PARP veli­parib flop

Up un­til now, PARP in­hibitors have been blaz­ing a broad, long trail of suc­cess in the clin­ic, with Lyn­parza, Rubra­ca and now Ze­ju­la hit­ting a busy and grow­ing mar­ket for can­cer pa­tients.

But Ab­b­Vie $AB­BV won’t be join­ing that crowd any­time soon.

Re­searchers at the com­pa­ny chose to an­nounce late Wednes­day that their PARP, veli­parib, failed in two Phase III stud­ies in pa­tients with squa­mous non-small cell lung can­cer (NSCLC) and triple neg­a­tive breast can­cer.

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