SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17, 2014 (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 the first scientific presentation of results from the Phase 1b portion of its ongoing ALPINE (Antibody therapy in first-Line Pancreatic cancer Investigating anti-Notch Efficacy and safety) Phase 1b/2 clinical study of OMP-59R5 (anti-Notch 2/3) in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. OMP-59R5 is part of OncoMed's collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). These data were presented in a poster by Eileen M. O'Reilly, M.D., of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center at the 2014 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium being held in San Francisco, California.
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