BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : SEPTEMBER 13, 1999 ISSUE
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Zeltia's Undersea Drug Harvest



DRUG          SOURCE              POTENTIAL          CURRENT
                                  USE                 STATUS

Esteinascidin Sea squirt found in Shrink skin cancers Phase II 743 (ET743) the Mediterranean cancers and tumors clinical and Caribbean Seas in breasts and lungs trials Aplidine Sea squirt found in Shrink tumors in Phase I Mediterranean Sea pancreas, stomach clinical bladder, prostate trials, expected launch in 2002 Thiocoralina Coral microorganism Shrink breast Preclinical from Atlantic Ocean, and lung tumors trials Mozambique Straits Kahalide F Marine mollusk found Fight prostate Preclinical near Hawaii cancer trials DATA: ZELTIA


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