JERUSALEM & BOTHELL, Wash. & VANCOUVER, B.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: TEVA) and OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OGXI) announced today the initiation of SYNERGY, a global Phase 3 trial evaluating custirsen (also known as OGX-011/TV-1011) as first line therapy for the treatment of castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). The SYNERGY trial is the second of three Phase 3 trials to be initiated under a global collaboration and license agreement between Teva and OncoGenex to develop and commercialize custirsen.