Trials & Filings

Merck Serono To Launch NSCLC Trial

START2 to study tecemotide after previous failure

By: Gil Roth

President, Pharma & Biopharma Outsourcing Association

Merck Serono will continue clinical development of the investigational MUC1 antigen-specific cancer immunotherapy tecemotide (also known as L-BLP25 and formerly known as Stimuvax).   MS, which is developing tecemotide under a license agreement with Oncothyreon, will conduct a new Phase III trial called START2 for patients with unresectable, locally advanced Stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This decision is based on the outcome of the prior START trial. That trial did not meet the p...

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