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Synta stops melanoma drug trials due to serious safety risks
National report - Synta Pharmaceuticals has stopped drug trials for a melanoma drug due to serious safety issues, Forbes.com reports.
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- Synta Pharmaceuticals has stopped drug trials for a melanoma drug due to serious safety issues, Forbes.com reports.
The drug, called elesclomol, was supposed to work by increasing oxidative stress, which would cause cancer cells to self-destruct. However, during the trials there was a higher death rate among patients taking the experimental drug, according to Forbes.
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