1.   Ligand is also conducting phase three trials on Targretin for a form of lymphoma and is looking at it for other cancers.

2.   If the latest trials are successful, Cambridge-based British Biotech will start the final, phase three trials later this year.

3.   Similar results were revealed in May when the company completed the phase two trials.

4.   The drug is in pivotal phase three trials in Europe and the U.S..

5.   The drug is in phase three trials and will be approved on the basis of results from this study.

6.   The study was a so-called phase III trial, generally the last conducted before seeking U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of a drug.

7.   This was a phase II trial, the contract explained.

8.   As a phase one clinical trial, the test is aimed only at assessing whether the device is safe to use in humans.

9.   Reed said Abgenix still has a promising cancer drug in phase II clinical trials and the company is expected to begin tests on two other drugs this year.