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Infinity Pharmaceuticals

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Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in the discovery and development of medicines for the treatment of cancer and related conditions in the United States. Its lead product candidate includes IPI-504 (retaspimycin hydrochloride), an intravenously-administered small molecule inhibitor of heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90). The company is conducting an international Phase II clinical trial of IPI-504 in combination with Herceptin in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer; a Phase II clinical trial of IPI-504 in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer; and a Phase I clinical trial of IPI-504 in combination with Taxotere in patients with advanced solid tumors. Its products under Phase I clinical trial comprise IPI-493, an orally-delivered inhibitor of Hsp90, in patients with advanced solid tumors; IPI-926 for patients with advanced and/or metastatic solid tumors; and IPI-940, an orally-delivered inhibitor of fatty acid amide hydrolase for the treatment of neuropathic and inflammatory pain. Infinity Pharmaceuticals has strategic alliance agreements with Purdue Pharmaceutical Products L.P. and Mundipharma International Corporation Limited; an agreement with MedImmune, Inc. to develop and commercialize cancer drugs targeting Hsp90 and the hedgehog pathway; and a collaboration agreement with Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research, Inc. to discover, develop, and commercialize drugs targeting Bcl protein family members for the treatment of cancers.

The company is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Recent Milestones

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  Infinity Pharmaceuticals received $27.5M in Venture Round funding. (7/19/12)
  Posted 7/19/12 at 6:18pm via fiercebiotech.com
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  Infinity Pharmaceuticals — Purdue ends Infinity partnership, buys $27.5M in stock (7/18/12)
  Posted 7/18/12 at 6:43pm via masshightech.com
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  Infinity Pharmaceuticals received $50M in Venture Round funding. (11/29/11)
  Posted 11/29/11 at 8:26pm via masshightech.com
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  Infinity Pharmaceuticals added Jarrett Goetz as Senior Manager of Information Technology. (10/1/01)
  Posted 1/26/12 at 2:03am
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  Infinity Pharmaceuticals added Andrew Palmer as SVP Operations and CIO. (9/1/01)
  Posted 9/22/08 at 7:45am

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Sources

1. Infinity gets $50M more in Mundipharma deal (masshightech.com) [edit]
2. Infinity restructures drug deal, raises $27.5M as it scrambles to refocus (fiercebiotech.com) [edit]
Purdue ends Infinity partnership, buys $27.5M in stock (masshightech.com) [edit]