Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Presents New Preclinical Data Showing Ponatinib is a Potent Inhibitor of RET and FGFR, Two Oncogenic Drivers of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARIA) today announced the presentation of preclinical data on ponatinib (Iclusig™) , at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2013, in Washington. In separate studies, ponatinib is shown to potently inhibit RET, a clinically proven oncogenic driver of medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and FGFR, which is commonly mutated in endometrial, lung and other cancers.