Allos Therapeutics, Inc. Release: New Analysis from Phase 2b Study Reinforces Favorable Survival Data Observed with FOLOTYN(R) Relative to Erlotinib in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

CHICAGO & WESTMINSTER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Allos Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALTH) today announced the presentation of further data from the Company’s randomized, international Phase 2b investigational study of FOLOTYN® (pralatrexate injection) relative to erlotinib in patients with Stage IIIB/IV (advanced) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) at the 2010 Chicago Multidisciplinary Symposium in Thoracic Oncology. The presentation, which includes additional results from several pre-specified analyses, reinforces the favorable survival data observed with FOLOTYN in patients with advanced NSCLC—including outcomes observed in patients with non-squamous and squamous histologies, as well as results from an analysis adjusting for important baseline factors and potential imbalances in the number of patients between cohorts.
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