Tesaro, Inc. Announces Initiation of Rolapitant IV Clinical Program

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WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 30, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TESARO, Inc. (Nasdaq:TSRO), an oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company, today announced that an open label, dose-finding and escalation study has been initiated to evaluate the pharmacokinetics, safety and tolerability of an intravenous (IV) formulation of rolapitant in healthy volunteers. Rolapitant is an investigational neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptor antagonist in development for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV). Data from this Phase 1 study will be used to select the intravenous dose that will be advanced into a subsequent clinical study.

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