REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 4, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:OMED), a clinical-stage company developing novel therapeutics that target cancer stem cells (CSCs), or tumor-initiating cells, today announced that it has started a Phase 1b clinical trial of its first-in-class Wnt-pathway-targeting antibody vantictumab (OMP-18R5) in combination with nab-paclitaxel (Abraxane®) and gemcitabine in patients with Stage IV pancreatic cancer. This trial is the third of three Phase 1b trials for vantictumab initiated this year as part of OncoMed’s collaboration with Bayer Pharma AG.
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