NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq Capital Market: VION) today announced that it had received notification from NASDAQ that the Company had regained compliance with Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(4) since the closing bid price of its Common Stock had traded at $1.00 per share or greater for at least ten consecutive business days.
Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is committed to extending the lives and improving the quality of life of cancer patients worldwide by developing and commercializing innovative cancer therapeutics. Vion has two agents in clinical trials. Cloretazine(R) (VNP40101M), a unique alkylating agent, is being evaluated in a pivotal Phase II trial as a single agent in elderly patients with de novo poor-risk acute myelogenous leukemia. Clinical trials of Cloretazine(R) (VNP40101M) as a single agent in small cell lung cancer, with temozolomide in brain tumors, and with stem cell transplantation in advanced hematologic malignancies, are also being conducted. 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 http://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, delayed or
unfavorable results of drug trials, the possibility that favorable results
of earlier preclinical studies or clinical trials are not predictive of
safety and efficacy results in later clinical trials, the need for
additional research and testing, the potential inability to secure external
sources of funding to continue operations,
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