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GTx, Inc. Muscle Drug Boosts Lean Body Mass in Mid-stage Trial

June 11, 2009 | 
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Reuters -- GTx Inc said patients with cancer-induced muscle loss, or cancer cachexia, gained as much as 1.5 kilograms of muscle in a mid-stage trial of its experimental drug Ostarine.
Clinical research Phase 2
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