Results from Keryx' KRX-0401 Phase 2 study to be presented at the International Kidney Cancer Symposium

Sep 14 2009

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: KERX) today announced that Phase 2 data of KRX-0401 (perifosine), the Company's PI3K/Akt pathway inhibitor for cancer, as a single agent in the treatment of advanced metastatic renal cell cancer, has been selected for oral presentation at the Eighth International Kidney Cancer Symposium, to be held in Chicago from September 25-26, 2009.

Dr. Thomas E. Hutson, Director of the Genitourinary Oncology Program at Baylor-Sammons Cancer Center in Dallas, TX, will present Phase 2 results demonstrating perifosine's single agent efficacy in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma on Saturday, September 26th at 10:00 am CST, in a presentation entitled " Phase 2 study of perifosine in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma progressing after prior therapy with both a VEGF Receptor Inhibitor and an mTOR inhibitor."

This multi-center Phase 2 study was led by both Dr. Hutson and Dr. Nicholas Vogelzang, Chair and Medical Director of Developmental Therapeutics, Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada / US Oncology Research. Drs. Hutson and Vogelzang also serve as co-chairs of the Genitourinary Committee for US Oncology Research. Data from this study was first presented by Dr. Vogelzang at the ASCO meeting in May 2009. Dr. Hutson's presentation will include updated information from the study.