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Avacta Announces Two Key Clinical Updates to its Faridoxorubicin Program
Cardiac dosing limit removed and path forward to dose selection identifiedLONDON and PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Avacta Therapeutics (AIM: AVCT, “the Company”, “Avacta”), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing pre|CISION®, a tumor-activated oncology delivery platform, has published two key clinical updates to its faridoxorubicin (AVA6000) clinical program. Agreed updates to the trial protocol include the removal of the maximum dosing limit and to allow flexibil
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