** Biotech firm's shares BPTH.O jump 16.5% to $8.33
premarket
** Stock among top pct gainers across U.S. exchanges
** Co completes safety run-in of stage 2 of its mid-stage
trial testing treatment, BP1001, for acute myeloid leukemia in
combination with frontline therapies
** We are particularly pleased with the clean side effect
profile and lack of toxicity shown in this segment of the study-
co
** The mid-stage trial continues with 21 patients currently
enrolled across three cohorts urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nGNX4KCs3m
** Stock up 51.5% in the last 12 months
(Reporting by Trisha Roy in Bengaluru)
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