Tissue-Agnostic Approach To Cancer Drug Development Takes A Hit

Roche's VE-BASKET trial based treatment on biomarkers instead of the tissue of origin, but it ended up reinforcing the importance of conventional tumor histology in drug development as a complement to new molecularly targeted approaches. Now, eyes are on Novartis' ambitious SIGNATURE program to confirm the signal-finding potential of the basket trial approach.

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