SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 18, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Myriad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:MYRX) today announced the presentation of initial clinical data from an ongoing Phase 2a study of Azixa(TM) (MPC-6827), a microtubule destabilizing agent in stage 4 melanoma patients. Azixa is in two additional phase 2 studies in recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Myriad Pharmaceuticals further announces that it has received orphan drug status for Azixa in GBM.
