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Date:5/12/2008

ts from some of the most important university hospitals across Spain and Portugal, with an operations office located near to Barcelona. SOLTI's mission is to encourage, design and develop clinical trials in breast cancer and in other solid tumours to answer relevant questions about cancer treatment. The group is involved in a number of multicentre, international clinical trials on breast cancer. Its partners are other international academic groups and pharmaceutical and research companies. SOLTI is the sponsor, or the representative of the sponsor, in both domestic and multinational Phase Ib to III trials. The performance of the network of oncologists at SOLTI ranks among the top of international cooperative groups, after benchmark trials such as HERA, SOFT, ECTO II, NOAH and AZURE, among others.

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GSK in OncologyGSK Oncology is dedicated to producing innovations in cancer that will make profound differences in the lives of patients. Through GSK's revolutionary "bench to bedside" approach, we are transforming the way treatments are discovered and developed, resulting in one of the most robust pipelines in the oncology sector. Our worldwide research in oncology includes collaborations with more than 160 cancer centers. GSK is closing in on cancer from all sides with a new generation of patient focused cancer treatments in prevention, supportive care, chemotherapy and targeted therapies.

About TYKERB

TYKERB is an oral small-molecule inhibitor of the HER2 tyrosine kinase receptor. Stimulation of HER2 is associated with cell proliferation and with multiple processes involved in tumor
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