100 More Jobs Cut At Infinity After AbbVie Inevitably Ends Partnership

AbbVie unsurprisingly walked away from its partnership with Infinity after disappointing Phase II results for the PI3K inhibitor duvelisib. Another 100 Infinity employees will lose their jobs as the company conserves its cash and amends its clinical trial plan.

Infinity Pharmaceuticals Inc. has cut 100 more jobs in the wake of its disappointing Phase II DYNAMO clinical trial for the PI3K inhibitor duvelisib in indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma (iNHL) now that the inevitable has happened: AbbVie Inc. exercised its right to end the companies' collaboration to develop the drug.

Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Infinity said it would lay off 58% of its staff in light of what was described as a...

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