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portant, new therapeutic option for patients suffering from this devastating disease - both as first-line therapy and for patients who have failed chemotherapy. We are actively moving forward with a worldwide Phase 3 clinical trial in metastatic melanoma to confirm these results."

"The overall survival data from this randomized trial are impressive, particularly given the advanced stage of disease of these patients and the considerable improvement relative to what has previously been seen in this patient population. The apparent benefit to those patients who have progressed on chemotherapy is also impressive. These data, together with the previously reported results, represent the first positive blinded, randomized, controlled clinical trial for a new agent for metastatic melanoma in three decades, and provide a strong scientific basis for initiating the pivotal Phase 3 study," said Dr. Steven O'Day, Chief of Research and Director of the Melanoma Program at The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute in Los Angeles and principal investigator of the study. "There are few effective treatment options for patients and their physicians today and these exciting results for a novel drug candidate are welcome in the melanoma treatment community."

Based on the results of the Phase 2b trial and the significant unmet medical need for new treatment options for metastatic melanoma, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted STA-4783 Fast Track designation in November, 2006. Synta plans to initiate a Phase 3 clinical trial to investigate STA-4783 as a first-line therapy for patients with metastatic melanoma in mid-2007. The trial will replicate the design of the Phase 2b trial, including the same primary endpoint, progression free survival, and the same treatment comparison, STA-4783 plus paclitaxel vs. paclitaxel alone.

"The incidence of melanoma has increased more rapidly than any other cancer during the past ten years and approximately 8,200 Americans wi
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