Endocyte, Inc. to Submit EU Conditional Marketing Authorization Applications for EC145 and EC20

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 13, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Endocyte, Inc. (Nasdaq:ECYT), a biopharmaceutical company developing targeted small molecule drug conjugates (SMDCs) and companion imaging diagnostics for personalized therapy, today announced that, per discussions with EU health authorities, the Company will submit EU conditional marketing authorization applications (MAA) for EC145 and EC20 for treatment of patients with folate-receptor positive platinum resistant ovarian cancer. The therapeutic, EC145, and the diagnostic imaging agent, EC20, have also both been granted orphan drug status by the European Commission.