Aug. 29, 2008 - ImClone Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: IMCL) announced overall survival results from BMS CA225-099 (BMS-099), an open-label Phase 3 study of ERBITUX(R) (cetuximab) in combination with a taxane and carboplatin in the first-line treatment of all histological subtypes of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).These results pertaining to overall survival, a secondary endpoint, are an update to the previously reported results for progression-free survival (PFS), the study's primary endpoint, which were announced in June 2007. The study did not meet its primary endpoint of PFS, as assessed by an independent radiology review committee (IRRC). Response rate, as assessed by the IRRC, and PFS, as assessed by clinical investigators, were statistically significant and favored the ERBITUX-containing arm... ImClone Systems' Press Release -
