NuCana (NCNA) shares soared 164% amid heavy trading after the company said Saturday that a combination of NUC-7738 and pembrolizumab led to prolonged progression-free survival in a phase 2 trial for patients with metastatic melanoma.
More than 50.1 million shares traded intraday compared with a daily average of about 138,000.
Nuvalent (NUVL) said Saturday that data from the ongoing parallel phase 1/2 trials of zidesamtinib and NVL-655 to treat non-small cell lung cancer showed "favorable tolerability."
Shares climbed 23%, with intraday trading volume at over 1.9 million compared with a daily average of about 344,000.
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals (ZNTL) said the US Food and Drug Administration lifted a partial clinical hold on studies of azenosertib, the company's novel and orally bioavailable inhibitor for advanced solid tumors.
Shares advanced 20% as intraday trading volume rose to 41.4 million versus the stock's daily average of about 1.49 million.
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