Marshall Edwards, Inc. (MSHL) Cancer Drug Success Continues, IND Submitted to FDA for ME-344, Advances Made in ME-143 Trials
Today, Marshall Edwards, which is steadily breaking new ground in the field of cancer therapeutics via naturally occurring isoflavone compounds that short circuit the metabolism of cancer cells by disrupting key enzyme interactions, reported submission of an IND (investigational new drug) application to the FDA, readying to initiate clinical testing for the company’s lead mitochondrial inhibitor ME-344. ME-344 is actually a second front in MSHL’s oncology campaign, as the company has also developed a second lead program focused on a different small molecule compound, ME-143, the lead candidate from a family of NADH oxidase inhibitor compounds. These two programs, focusing…