Onyx said, due to strong phase II data for carfilzomib, it expects that it's drug will in the market one year earlier than expected.
Onyx /quotes/comstock/15*!onxx/quotes/nls/onxx (ONXX 33.57, +4.23, +14.42%) has been testing carfilzomib for the treatment of multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer. Onyx said that based on the strong Phase II data, it hopes to be able to file for possible accelerated approval with U.S. regulators as early as mid-2011.
Accelerated approval would mean the product could be out on the market at least one year earlier than normally expected.
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