VelosBio to be Acquired by Merck…

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRTX) today announced that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase 2 clinical trial designed to evaluate the efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics of mocetinostat as a treatment for a select group of patients with bladder cancer. The trial will enroll patients whose tumors have mutations or deletions of the CREBBP and/or EP300 genes.