NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ImClone Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: IMCL), a global leader in the development and commercialization of novel antibodies to treat cancer, today announced that its disease-directed Phase 2 clinical trial in patients with advanced prostate cancer randomized to treatment with either IMC-A12 or IMC-1121B plus mitoxantrone and prednisone has commenced patient enrollment. IMC-A12 and IMC-1121B are two therapeutic candidates in ImClone’s proprietary receptor-targeted antibody pipeline. IMC-A12 is ImClone’s fully human, IgG1 anti-insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R) monoclonal antibody and IMC-1121B is its fully human, IgG1 anti-vascular growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR-2) monoclonal antibody.
