Kazia Therapeutics: Partners with DFCI to treat rare lymphoma

  • Cancer treatment specialist Kazia Therapeutics (KZA) is teaming up with the U.S. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) to treat a rare type of lymphoma
  • Kazia’s paxlisib drug will tested against primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL), which is a specific type of cancer of the white blood cells
  • The trial will also recruit up to 25 patients who have relapsed or refractory PCNSL
  • Recruitment for the trial is slated for early 2021, and it’s expected to take two years to complete
  • The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is a principal teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School
  • Shares in Kazia rose in early action but have since settled and are currently trading grey, worth 94 cents each
Steve Sam
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