Nereus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to Present Data at the American Association for Cancer Research 2007 Annual Meeting

SAN DIEGO, April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Nereus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pioneer in drug discovery and development from marine microbial sources, and its collaborators will present clinical and preclinical study results involving its cancer drug candidates at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting in Los Angeles April 14-18. Four posters and two minisymposia will highlight the novel mechanisms and anti-tumor activity in several tumor models for three Nereus compounds: the small molecule proteasome inhibitor NPI-0052, the tumor vascular disrupting agent (VDA) NPI-2358, and a new preclinical candidate NPI-1387, a highly selective, small molecule IKK modulator. Nereus will also present preliminary data from its Phase I dose escalation trial of NPI-2358 in patients with solid tumors and lymphoma.