Puma: Orphan Status for Small Cell Lung Cancer Candidate

 Puma Biotechnology, Inc. (NASDAQ: PBYI), a biopharmaceutical company, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation to alisertib, a selective, small-molecule, orally administered inhibitor of aurora kinase A, for the treatment of patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC). SCLC is an aggressive form of lung cancer with a poor prognosis, and with limited treatment options for patients whose cancer has progressed on or after platinum-based chemotherapy.

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