Vion Pharmaceuticals Submits New Drug Application for O...(ticals Inc. is committed to extending th...)

Date:2/17/2009

ticals, 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 and Triapine(R). The Company has filed an NDA with the FDA for Onrigin for remission induction treatment for patients sixty years of age or older with de novo poor-risk 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. Such statements are subject to certain risk factors which may cause Vion's plans to differ or results to vary from those expected, including Vion's potential inability to obtain regulatory approval for its products, particularly Onrigin (laromustine) Injection (formerly Cloretazine (VNP40101M)), delays in the regulatory approval process, particularly for Onrigin (laromustine) Injection, including possible rejection by the FDA of our NDA filing, possible rejection by the FDA of our request for priority review, and possible delays in the FDA' s review process beyond our expectation for approval in the second half of 2009, delays or unfavorable results of drug trials, the possibility that favorable results of earlier preclinical studies, clinical trials or interim clinical trial data are not confirmed by safety and efficacy results in later or final clinical trials, the need for additional research and testing, the inability to manufacture product, the potential inability to secure external sources of funding to continue operations, the inability to access capital and funding on favorable terms, continued operating losses and the inability
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