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Tactical Therapeutics on WSJ

Special Biotechnology Report
24 June 2009,
Washington Post.

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RESEARCH & Development

Chemistry

TACTICAL THERAPEUTICS’ first drug candidate, CTO has unique properties of improved bioavailability and delivery to target cells, improved efficacy in inhibiting tumors and higher clearance rate and reduced toxicity (compared with a related drug, CTO, abandoned by the NCI).  CTO is being developed on the Fast Track. 
 
Pharmacokinetics
TACTICAL THERAPEUTICS’ first drug candidate, carboxyamidoimidazole CTO has unique properties of improved bioavailability and delivery to target cells, improved efficacy in inhibiting tumors and higher clearance rate and reduced toxicity (compared with a related drug, CAI, abandoned by the NCI).  CTO is being developed on the Fast Track. 
 
Efficacy 

CAI Orotate is an important candidate for cancer therapy because CAI has been shown to:

CAI Orotate was more effective in inhibiting a variety of experimental tumors including prostate, melanoma, colon, etc.  CAI Orotate, given alone,  is equally effective in inhibiting colon tumors in mice in comparison with AVASTIN alone. 
When given in Combination with 5 Fluorouracil, CTO maybe more effective in inhibiting the colon tumors compared with AVASTIN + 5-FU.
 
 

Toxicology

Tactical’s Product, CTO, has improved oral bioavailability, is more effective and less toxic in animal cancer models than CAI. CAI, was tested for twenty years, by scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and was found to cause serious side effects in cancer patients entered in several Phase II clinical trials. CAI has been abandoned because of this. CTO has a safe toxicity profile in preclinical studies(rats and dogs) and in cancer patients.
 

Cancer Cell Processes, Translational therapy

CTO has multiple molecular targets :

  • Inhibits Ca++ signaling (anti-proliferative, antimetastatic, apoptotic)

  • Inhibits P13 kinase, NO2 , VEGF (tumor cell migration and adhesion),

  • COX2, IL-1 inhibitor

  • Anti-inflammatory
 

Manufacturer

Johnson Matthey Pharma Services(GMP)

 
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