PharmAust: Begins recruiting dogs for canine cancer trial

  • PharmAust (PAA) has officially started recruiting patients for a second-phase clinical trial testing one of its key drugs against cancer in dogs
  • The phase IIb trial will test PharmAust’s monepantel (MPL) treatment against naive B-cell lymphoma in dogs
  • This is one of the most common types of cancer in dogs, accounting for around 20 per cent of all canine cancers
  • PharmAust has started treating eligible dogs with MPL under the trial and also started giving six dogs not eligible for the trial compassionate treatment
  • The company says the overall market for veterinary medicinal products is more than $22 billion
  • Shares in PharmAust closed grey this afternoon at 10 cents each
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