CombinatoRx, Incorporated Discovers Novel Multi-Target Mechanism for the Treatment of Hematologic Malignancies

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CombinatoRx, Incorporated (NASDAQ: CRXX) today announced the publication of new preclinical data in BLOOD, The Journal of the American Society of Hematology. In the article entitled, “Adenosine A2A receptor agonists and PDE inhibitors: a synergistic multi-target mechanism discovered through systematic combination screening in B-cell malignancies,” Rickles, et.al., Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online April 9, 2010; DOI 10.1182/blood-2009-11-252668, CombinatoRx researchers, in collaboration with the Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, demonstrate the powerful and unexpected synergistic interactions of A2A Agonist and PDE Inhibitors as potential adjunctive therapy to glucocorticoid (GC) containing regimens in the treatment of multiple myeloma (MM) and other B-cell malignancies.

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