NexMed and Angstrom Pharmaceuticals to Present Data on A6 Drug at American Association for Cancer Research

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NexMed, Inc. (Nasdaq: NEXM), a specialty CRO with a pipeline of products based on the NexACT® technology, today announced that Bio-Quant, its wholly-owned subsidiary, and Ångstrom Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held pharmaceutical company, will jointly present data at the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), in Washington, D.C. from April 17-21, 2010. The poster presentation, entitled, “Å6 peptide binds to CD44 and inhibits migration and metastasis of CD44+ cell lines in in vitro and in vivo studies,” covers pre-clinical work completed by Bio-Quant on Ångstrom’s lead product, Å6, currently in Phase 2 development for ovarian cancer.