Abexinostat
Abexinostat is an experimental drug candidate for cancer treatment. It was developed by Pharmacyclics and licensed to Xynomic. and is in Phase II clinical trials for B-cell lymphoma. Pre-clinical study suggests the potential for treatment of different types of cancer as well.
Abexinostat exerts its effect as a pan-histone deacetylase inhibitor and inhibits RAD51, which is involved in repairing DNA double strand breaks.
