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This excerpt taken from the ABII 10-K filed Mar 12, 2010.

Select Clinical Product Candidates

We intend to continue to leverage our nab® tumor targeting technology and our internal clinical development and regulatory expertise to develop numerous drug candidates for the treatment of cancer and other critical illnesses. The following table is a selection of our clinical product candidates and their status.

 

Compound

  

Critical Illness

  

Status

Abraxane®

   First-Line Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer    Phase III began in the fourth quarter of 2007. Patient enrollment fully accrued.

Abraxane®

   Malignant Melanoma    Phase III enrollment began in April 2009.

Abraxane®

   Pancreatic Cancer    Phase III enrollment began in May 2009.

ABI-008 (nab®-docetaxel)

   Solid Tumors    Phase I completed in hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC). Phase II started in the second half of 2008.

ABI-009 (nab®-rapamycin)

   Solid Tumors    Phase I in progress.

ABI-010 (nab®-17AAG)

   Solid Tumors    IND filed in the first quarter of 2008. Phase I study in planning.

ABI-011 (nab®-thiocolchicine dimer)

  

Solid Tumors
   IND filed in the third quarter of 2009.

Coroxane™

   Coronary Artery Restenosis    Phase II. Seeking strategic partner.

Coroxane™

   Peripheral Artery Restenosis    Phase II. Seeking strategic partner.

 

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ABI-008 (nab®-docetaxel). ABI-008 is a solvent-free, Tween®-free nanometer-sized form of docetaxel. Docetaxel is the active ingredient in the currently largest selling taxane, Taxotere®. An investigational new drug application, or IND, was filed for ABI-008 in the fourth quarter of 2006. ABI-008 is currently in development for the first-line treatment of hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC). A Phase I study has been completed and a Phase II study started in the second half of 2008.

ABI-009 (nab®-rapamycin). Rapamycin, a protein kinase inhibitor, inhibits downstream signals from mTOR, a pathway that promotes tumor growth. Currently, it is marketed as an orally bioavailable immunosuppresive drug and no intravenous form is available because of the water insolubility of this molecule. The anti-cancer effects of rapamycin are limited by the immunosuppression associated with chronic oral administration. ABI-009 is a nanometer-sized, albumin-bound form of rapamycin able to be administered intravenously. At the 98th Annual Meeting of the AACR in April 2007, first-time data were presented from a pre-clinical study evaluating the toxicity and anti-tumor effect of ABI-009. These results demonstrated that ABI-009 was well-tolerated in animals, showed linear pharmacokinetics, and was highly effective against a number of tumor models in vivo. The Phase I study is currently ongoing with ABI-009 in patients with solid tumors.

ABI-010 (nab®-17AAG). 17AAG is a polyketide inhibitor of Hsp90 (heat shock protein 90) and interrupts several biological processes implicated in cancer cell growth and survival. Hsp90 is a protein chaperone that binds to several sets of signaling proteins, known as “client proteins.” 17AAG binds to Hsp90 and causes its dissociation from, and consequent degradation of, the client proteins. Because the Hsp90 client proteins are so important in signal transduction and in transcription (processes critical to the growth and survival of cancer cells), 17AAG may serve as a chemotherapy agent in the treatment of multiple cancers. Current formulations of 17AAG require solvents such as Cremophor and DMSO. ABI-010 is a solvent-free albumin-bound form of this drug. The IND for nab®-17AAG and the clinical development plan was approved by the FDA in May 2008.

ABI-011 (nab®-thiocolchicine dimer). Thiocolchicine dimers are novel thiocolchicines with dual mechanisms of action showing both microtubule destabilization and the disruption of topoisomerase-1 activity. nab®-thiocolchicine dimer is a nanoparticle, albumin-bound form of the water insoluble dimer. ABI-011 was selected for its cytotoxic activity in nanomole range concentrations on several human tumor cell lines and, in particular, on a tumor cell line resistant to cisplatin and topotecan. This particular behavior was related to a dual mechanism of action. ABI-011 has the additional oncotherapeutic property of inhibiting topoisomerase-1 nuclear enzymes in a different manner than the classic topo-1 inhibitors, camptothecins. Pre-clinical studies of ABI-011 have shown that it also possesses anti-angiogenic and vascular disrupting activity, which will be exploited in its clinical development. The IND for nab®-thiocolchicine dimer was filed in the third quarter of 2009.

Coroxane™ (nanometer-sized paclitaxel, Abraxane®, under the trade name Coroxane™). Coroxane™ is currently closing its Phase II clinical studies for coronary restenosis as well as peripheral artery (superficial femoral artery) restenosis. The SNAPIST series of studies examines the use of Coroxane™ in the treatment of coronary artery restenosis, including the use of Coroxane™ in patients receiving bare metal stents. Coroxane™ administered with bare metal stents may address the issue of incomplete re-endothelialization and acute thrombosis associated with drug-eluting stents. Coroxane™ administered following balloon angioplasty in the superficial femoral artery may help reduce the incidence of restenosis in these patients. We currently intend to seek a strategic partner for the further development and marketing of Coraxane™.

This excerpt taken from the ABII 10-K filed Mar 6, 2009.

Select Clinical Product Candidates

We intend to continue to leverage our nab® tumor targeting technology and our internal clinical development and regulatory expertise to develop numerous drug candidates for the treatment of cancer and other critical illnesses. The following table is a selection of certain of our clinical product candidates and shows the status of these clinical product candidates.

 

Compound

  

Critical Illness

  

Status

Abraxane®

   First-Line Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer    Phase III began in the fourth quarter of 2007 and is 60% enrolled.

Abraxane®

   Malignant Melanoma    Phase III planned to begin in the first half of 2009.

ABI-008 (nab®-docetaxel)

   Solid Tumors    Phase I completed in hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC). Phase II started in 2008.

ABI-009 (nab®-rapamycin)

   Solid Tumors    Phase I in progress.

ABI-010 (nab®-17AAG)

   Solid Tumors    IND filed in the first quarter of 2008. Phase I planned to begin in the first half of 2009.

ABI-011 (nab®-thiocolchicine dimer)

  

Solid Tumors
   IND filing planned for 2009.

Coroxane™

   Coronary Artery Restenosis    Phase II. Seeking strategic partner.

Coroxane™

   Peripheral Artery Restenosis    Phase II. Seeking strategic partner.

ABI-008 (nab®-docetaxel). ABI-008 is a solvent-free, Tween®-free nanometer-sized form of docetaxel. Docetaxel is the active ingredient in the currently largest selling taxane, Taxotere®. An investigational new drug application, or IND, was filed for ABI-008 in the fourth quarter of 2006. ABI-008 is currently in development for the first-line treatment of hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC). Phase I studies have been completed and Phase II studies started in the second half of 2008. A Phase I/II trial in metastatic breast cancer is expected to begin later in 2009. Additionally, two Phase III ABI-008 trials, in HRPC and 2nd line non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), are planned to be filed with the FDA in 2009.

ABI-009 (nab®-rapamycin). Rapamycin, a protein kinase inhibitor, inhibits downstream signals from mTOR, a pathway that promotes tumor growth. Currently, it is marketed as an orally bioavailable immunosuppresive drug and no intravenous form is available because of the water insolubility of this molecule. The anti-cancer effects of rapamycin are limited by the immunosuppression associated with chronic oral administration. ABI-009 is a nanometer-sized, albumin-bound form of rapamycin able to be administered intravenously or by inhalation. At the 98th Annual Meeting of the AACR in April 2007, first-time data were presented from a pre-clinical study evaluating the toxicity and anti-tumor effect of ABI-009. These results demonstrated that ABI-009 was well-tolerated, showed linear pharmacokinetics, and was highly effective against a number of tumor models in vivo. The Phase I study is currently ongoing with ABI-009 in patients with solid tumors.

ABI-010 (nab®-17AAG). 17AAG is a polyketide inhibitor of Hsp90 (heat shock protein 90) and interrupts several biological processes implicated in cancer cell growth and survival. Hsp90 is a protein chaperone that

 

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binds to several sets of signaling proteins, known as “client proteins.” 17AAG binds to Hsp90 and causes its dissociation from, and consequent degradation of, the client proteins. Because the Hsp90 client proteins are so important in signal transduction and in transcription (processes critical to the growth and survival of cancer cells), 17AAG may serve as a chemotherapy agent in the treatment of multiple cancers. Current formulations of 17AAG require solvents such as Cremophor and DMSO. ABI-010 is a solvent-free albumin-bound form of this drug The IND for nab®-17AAG and the clinical development plan was approved by the FDA in May 2008.

ABI-011 (nab® -thiocolchicine dimer). Thiocolchicine dimers are novel thiocolchicines with dual mechanisms of action showing both microtubule destabilization and the disruption of topoisomerase-1 activity. nab®-thiocolchicine dimer is a nanoparticle, albumin-bound form of the water insoluble dimer. ABI-011 was selected for its cytotoxic activity in nanomole range concentrations on several human tumor cell lines and, in particular, on a tumor cell line resistant to cisplatin and topotecan. This particular behavior was related to a dual mechanism of action. ABI-011 has the additional oncotherapeutic property of inhibiting topoisomerase-1 nuclear enzymes in a different manner than the classic topo-1 inhibitors, camptothecins. Pre-clinical studies of ABI-011 have shown that it also possesses anti-angiogenic and vascular disrupting activity. We anticipate that an IND for nab® thiocolchicine dimer will be filed in 2009.

Coroxane™ (nanometer-sized paclitaxel, Abraxane®, under the trade name Coroxane™). Coroxane™ is currently closing its Phase II clinical studies for coronary restenosis as well as peripheral artery (superficial femoral artery) restenosis. The SNAPIST series of studies examines the use of Coroxane™ in the treatment of coronary artery restenosis, including the use of Coroxane™ in patients receiving bare metal stents. Coroxane™ administered with bare metal stents may address the issue of incomplete re-endothelialization and acute thrombosis associated with drug-eluting stents. Coroxane™ administered following balloon angioplasty in the superficial femoral artery may help reduce the incidence of restenosis in these patients. We currently intend to seek a strategic partner for the further development and marketing of Coraxane™.

This excerpt taken from the ABII 10-K filed Mar 31, 2008.

Select Clinical Product Candidates

We intend to continue to leverage our nab™ tumor targeting technology and our internal clinical development and regulatory expertise to develop numerous drug candidates for the treatment of cancer and other critical illnesses. The following table is a selection of certain of our clinical product candidates and shows the status of these clinical product candidates.

 

Compound

  

Critical Illness

  

Status

Abraxane®

   First-Line Metastatic Breast Cancer    Phase II completed (Global multi-center head-to-head Phase III planned to begin in the second half of 2008).

Abraxane®

   First-Line Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer    Phase II completed (Phase III began in the fourth quarter of 2007).

Abraxane®

   Malignant Melanoma    Phase II completed (Phase III planned to begin in the second half of 2008).

ABI-008 (nab™-docetaxel)

   Solid Tumors    IND filed in fourth quarter of 2006. Two Phase I/II trials initiated in the second quarter of 2007.

ABI-009 (nab™-rapamycin)

   Solid Tumors    IND filed in December 2006. Clinical studies began in the fourth quarter of 2007.

ABI-010 (nab™-17AAG)

   Solid Tumors    IND filing planned for the first half of 2008.

ABI-011 (nab™-thiocolchicine dimer)

  

Solid Tumors
   IND filing planned for 2008.

Coroxane™

   Coronary Artery Restenosis    Phase II. Seeking strategic partner.

Coroxane™

   Peripheral Artery Restenosis    Phase II. Seeking strategic partner.

ABI-008 (nab™-docetaxel). ABI-008 is a solvent-free, Tween®-free nanometer-sized form of docetaxel. Docetaxel is the active ingredient in the currently largest selling taxane, Taxotere®. An investigational new drug

 

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application, or IND, was filed for ABI-008 in the fourth quarter of 2006. In the second quarter of 2007, we initiated two of four planned Phase I/II trials with ABI-008, the second drug based on our nab™ technology to enter clinical development. These two Phase I/II trials will evaluate the safety, tolerability and anti-tumor activity of nab™-docetaxel given every three weeks for the treatment of hormone refractory prostate cancer and metastatic breast cancer.

ABI-009 (nab™-rapamycin). Rapamycin, a protein kinase inhibitor, inhibits downstream signals from mTOR, a pathway that promotes tumor growth. Currently, it is marketed as an orally bioavailable immunosuppresive drug and no intravenous form is available because of the water insolubility of this molecule. The anti-cancer effects of rapamycin are limited by the immunosuppression associated with chronic oral administration. ABI-009 is a nanometer-sized, albumin-bound form of rapamycin able to be administered intravenously or by inhalation. At the 98th Annual Meeting of the AACR in April 2007, first-time data were presented from a pre-clinical study evaluating the toxicity and anti-tumor effect of ABI-009. These results demonstrated that ABI-009 was well-tolerated, showed linear pharmacokinetics, and was highly effective against a number of tumor models in vivo. An IND for ABI-009 was filed in December 2006. Clinical studies began in the fourth quarter of 2007.

ABI-010 (nab™-17AAG). 17AAG is a polyketide inhibitor of Hsp90 (heat shock protein 90) and interrupts several biological processes implicated in cancer cell growth and survival. Hsp90 is a protein chaperone that binds to several sets of signaling proteins, known as “client proteins.” 17AAG binds to Hsp90 and causes its dissociation from, and consequent degradation of, the client proteins. Because the Hsp90 client proteins are so important in signal transduction and in transcription (processes critical to the growth and survival of cancer cells), 17AAG may serve as a chemotherapy agent in the treatment of multiple cancers. Current formulations of 17AAG require solvents such as Cremophor and DMSO. ABI-010 is a solvent-free albumin-bound form of this drug. We have confirmed with the FDA our clinical development plan for nab™-17AAG and plan to submit an IND for nab™-17AAG in the first half of 2008.

ABI-011 (nab™-thiocolchicine dimer). Thiocolchicine dimers are novel thiocolchicines with dual mechanisms of action showing both microtubule destabilization and the disruption of topoisomerase-1 activity. nab™-thiocolchicine dimer is a nanoparticle, albumin-bound form of the water insoluble dimer. ABI-011 was selected for its cytotoxic activity in nanomole range concentrations on several human tumor cell lines and, in particular, on a tumor cell line resistant to cisplatin and topotecan. This particular behavior was related to a dual mechanism of action. ABI-011 has the additional oncotherapeutic property of inhibiting topoisomerase-1 nuclear enzymes in a different manner than the classic topo-1 inhibitors, camptothecins. Pre-clinical studies of ABI-011 have shown that it also possesses anti-angiogenic and vascular targeting activity. We anticipate that an IND for nab™-thiocolchicine dimer will be filed in 2008.

Coroxane™ (nanometer-sized paclitaxel, Abraxane®, under the trade name Coroxane™). Coroxane™ is currently in Phase II clinical studies for coronary restenosis as well as peripheral artery (superficial femoral artery) restenosis. The SNAPIST series of studies examines the use of Coroxane™ in the treatment of coronary artery restenosis, including the use of Coroxane™ in patients receiving bare metal stents. Coroxane™ administered with bare metal stents may address the issue of incomplete re-endothelialization and acute thrombosis associated with drug-eluting stents. Coroxane™ administered following balloon angioplasty in the superficial femoral artery may help reduce the incidence of restenosis in these patients. We currently intend to seek a strategic partner for the further development and marketing of Coraxane™.

This excerpt taken from the ABII 8-K filed Nov 8, 2007.

Select Clinical Product Candidates

We intend to continue to leverage our nab tumor targeting technology and our internal clinical development and regulatory expertise to develop numerous drug candidates for the treatment of cancer and other critical illnesses. The following table is a selection of certain of our clinical product candidates and shows the status of these clinical product candidates.

 

Compound

 

Critical Illness

 

Status

Abraxane®   First-Line Metastatic Breast Cancer   Phase II completed (Global multi-center head-to-head Phase III planned to begin in the fourth quarter of 2007).
Abraxane®   First-Line Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer   Phase II (Phase III to begin in the fourth quarter of 2007).
Abraxane®   Malignant Melanoma   Phase II (Phase III planned to begin in the fourth quarter of 2007).
ABI-008 (nab™-docetaxel)   Solid Tumors   IND filed in fourth quarter of 2006. Two Phase I/II trials initiated in the second quarter of 2007.
ABI-009 (nab™-rapamycin)   Solid Tumors   IND filed in December 2006. Clinical studies are expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2007.
ABI-010 (nab™-17AAG)   Solid Tumors   IND filing planned for the fourth quarter of 2007.
ABI-011 (nab™-thiocolchicine dimer)   Solid Tumors   IND filing planned for 2008.
Coroxane™   Coronary Artery Restenosis   Phase II. Seeking strategic partner.
Coroxane™   Peripheral Artery Restenosis   Seeking strategic partner.

ABI-008 (nab™-docetaxel). ABI-008 is a solvent-free, Tween®-free nanometer-sized form of docetaxel. Docetaxel is the active ingredient in the currently largest selling taxane, Taxotere®. An investigational new drug application, or IND, was filed for ABI-008 in the fourth quarter of 2006. In the second quarter of 2007, we initiated two of four planned Phase I/II trials with ABI-008, the second drug based on our nab™ technology to enter clinical development. These two Phase I/II trials will evaluate the safety, tolerability and anti-tumor activity of nab™-docetaxel given every three weeks for the treatment of hormone refractory prostate cancer and metastatic breast cancer.

ABI-009 (nab™-rapamycin). Rapamycin, a protein kinase inhibitor, inhibits downstream signals from mTOR, a pathway that promotes tumor growth. Currently, it is marketed as an orally bioavailable immunosuppresive drug and no intravenous form is available because of the water insolubility of this molecule. The anti-cancer effects of rapamycin are limited by the immunosuppression associated with chronic oral administration. ABI-009 is a nanometer-sized, albumin-bound form of rapamycin able to be administered intravenously or by inhalation. At the 98th Annual Meeting of the AACR in April 2007, first-time data were presented from a pre-clinical study evaluating the toxicity and anti-tumor effect of ABI-009. These results demonstrated that ABI-009 was well-tolerated, showed linear pharmacokinetics, and was highly effective against a number of tumor models in vivo. An IND for ABI-009 was filed in December 2006. Clinical studies are expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2007.

ABI-010 (nab™-17AAG). 17AAG is a polyketide inhibitor of Hsp90 (heat shock protein 90) and interrupts several biological processes implicated in cancer cell growth and survival. Hsp90 is a protein chaperone that

 

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binds to several sets of signaling proteins, known as “client proteins.” 17AAG binds to Hsp90 and causes its dissociation from, and consequent degradation of, the client proteins. Because the Hsp90 client proteins are so important in signal transduction and in transcription (processes critical to the growth and survival of cancer cells), 17AAG may serve as a chemotherapy agent in the treatment of multiple cancers. Current formulations of 17AAG require solvents such as Cremophor and DMSO. ABI-010 is a solvent-free albumin-bound form of this drug. We have confirmed with the FDA our clinical development plan for nab-17AAG and plan to submit an IND for nab-17AAG in the fourth quarter of 2007.

ABI-011 (nab-thiocolchicine dimer). Thiocolchicine dimers are novel thiocolchicines with dual mechanisms of action showing both microtubule destabilization and the disruption of topoisomerase-1 activity. nab-thiocolchicine dimer is a nanoparticle, albumin-bound form of the water insoluble dimer. ABI-011 was selected for its cytotoxic activity in nanomole range concentrations on several human tumor cell lines and, in particular, on a tumor cell line resistant to cisplatin and topotecan. This particular behavior was related to a dual mechanism of action. ABI-011 has the additional oncotherapeutic property of inhibiting topoisomerase-1 nuclear enzymes in a different manner than the classic topo-1 inhibitors, camptothecins. Pre-clinical studies of ABI-011 have shown that it also possess anti-angiogenic and vascular targeting activity. We anticipate that an IND for nab™-thiocolchicine dimer will be filed in 2008.

Coroxane™ (nanometer-sized paclitaxel, Abraxane®, under the trade name Coroxane™). Coroxane™ is currently in Phase II clinical studies for coronary restenosis. The SNAPIST series of studies examines the use of Coroxane™ in the treatment of coronary artery restenosis, including the use of Coroxane in patients receiving bare metal stents. Coroxane™ administered intraarterially with bare metal stents may address the issue of incomplete re-endothelialization and acute thrombosis associated with drug-eluting stents. We currently intend to seek a strategic partner for the further development and marketing of Coraxane™.

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