NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (OTC Bulletin Board: VION) today announced that an analysis of clinical data of its lead anticancer agent Onrigin (laromustine) Injection in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) would be presented in a poster at the 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida.
The poster (Abstract #7050) entitled 'Comorbidity Description Using the Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation-Specific Comorbidity Index (HCT-CI) in Elderly de novo Poor Risk AML Patients Treated with Laromustine' will be presented at the Orange County Convention Center, Level 2, West Hall C, Board #M4 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 30, 2009. A copy of the poster will be available on Vion Pharmaceuticals' website, www.vionpharm.com, on May 30, 2009 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
In addition, the Company announced that additional data on Onrigin would be presented in a poster from an investigator-sponsored trial of Onrigin in combination with cytarabine in elderly patients with previously untreated AML. The trial is sponsored by the Weill-Cornell Medical College. The poster (Abstract #7054) entitled 'Phase I Trial of Laromustine in Combination with Infusional Ara-C in Elderly Patients Over Age 60 with Newly Diagnosed AML or High-Grade MDS' will be presented at the Orange County Convention Center, Level 2, West Hall C, Board #M10 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 30, 2009.
About Vion
Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is committed to extending the lives and improving the quality of life of cancer patients worldwide by developing and commercializing innovative oncology therapeutics. Vion has two agents in clinical trials, Onrigin (laromustine) Injection and Triapine(R). The Company has an NDA under review with the FDA for Onrigin for remission induction treatment for patients sixty years of age or older with de novo poor-risk acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Triapine(R), a potent inhibitor of a key step in DNA synthesis, is being evaluated in clinical trials sponsored by the National Cancer Institute. For additional information on Vion and its product development programs, visit the Company's Internet web site at www.vionpharm.com.
This news release contains forward-looking statements.
