ALBANY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AMRI (NASDAQ: AMRI) reported data resulting from preclinical studies of ALB109564(a) at the EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, held October 21-24 in Geneva, Switzerland. ALB109564(a) is a novel analog from an established and marketed class of tubulin inhibitors, which is designed to kill cancer cells by preventing cell mitosis. In preclinical testing, the compound was shown to demonstrate improved and potentially superior efficacy over existing members of its class which are currently marketed and used extensively in anticancer chemotherapy.