May 23 (Reuters) - Verastem Inc VSTM.O :
* VERASTEM ONCOLOGY ANNOUNCES POSITIVE INITIAL INTERIM
SAFETY AND
EFFICACY RESULTS FROM RAMP 205 TRIAL EVALUATING AVUTOMETINIB
PLUS DEFACTINIB IN COMBINATION WITH GEMCITABINE AND
NAB-PACLITAXEL IN FIRST-LINE METASTATIC PANCREATIC CANCER
* VERASTEM INC: 83% (5/6) OF PATIENTS ACHIEVED A CONFIRMED
PARTIAL
RESPONSE IN COHORT 1, MOST MATURE DOSE LEVEL
* VERASTEM INC: ONE DOSE-LIMITING TOXICITY WAS OBSERVED IN
STUDY
* VERASTEM INC: FOLLOW UP OF PATIENTS IN ADDITIONAL DOSE AND
SCHEDULE COHORTS IS ONGOING TO DETERMINE RECOMMENDED PHASE 2
DOSE FOR STUDY EXPANSION
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