NEW YORK, May 04, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:PGNX) today announced financial results and provided a business update for the first quarter of 2017.
“This first quarter of 2017 was marked by major developments within our clinical pipeline, particularly the announcement of positive topline data from our registrational Phase 2b study of AZEDRA for the treatment of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma,” said Mark Baker, Chief Executive Officer of Progenics. “The study not only achieved its primary endpoint by a significant margin, but also showed that treatment with AZEDRA resulted in favorable anti-tumor activity, a key secondary endpoint. We are now working diligently to complete our New Drug Application for this important new therapy, which we remain on track to submit by the middle of this year.”