CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARIA) today announced results of preclinical studies on its investigational anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitor, AP26113, showing that AP26113 has a novel profile as a dual inhibitor of ALK and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), an additional validated target in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In addition to inhibition of ALK and its mutant forms, AP26113 was shown to inhibit the EGFR T790M mutant that is resistant to available EGFR inhibitors. These data will be summarized at ARIAD’s Analyst and Investor Day being held tomorrow in New York City.
