MARTINSRIED, Germany & MUNICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--4SC AG (Frankfurt, Prime Standard: VSC) the German drug discovery and development company, today announced the dosing of the first patient in its Phase II trial with 4SC-201 (resminostat), a pan-histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, as a new potential treatment option for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most frequent form of liver cancer. This proof-of-concept (POC) study will evaluate 4SC-201 as a second line therapy in this indication, for which only a single first line therapy drug is currently approved.
