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Friday, September 25 2020 - 20:48
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Radius Health & Menarini Group Provide Elacestrant Update
WALTHAM, Mass. and FLORENCE, Italy, Sept. 25, 2020/PRNewswire-AsiaNet/--

Target enrollment milestone reached in the Phase 3 EMERALD study 

Life cycle planning advancing in parallel with current Phase 3 monotherapy 
program 

Radius Health, Inc. ("Radius" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: RDUS) and the Menarini 
Group today announced an update on the elacestrant Phase 3 EMERALD trial.
 

EMERALD Phase 3 Study
The target enrollment milestone has been reached in the Phase 3 EMERALD 
clinical trial of elacestrant. Elacestrant is an oral Selective Estrogen 
Receptor Degrader (SERD) that is being studied in postmenopausal women and men 
with ER+/HER2- advanced or metastatic breast cancer. The study reached its 
enrollment goal of 466 patients overall, including 220 (47%) with tumors 
harboring an ESR1 mutation as detected in circulating tumor DNA by the Guardant 
Health Guardant360 liquid biopsy test. 
 
Patients will be followed until the required number of events to assess 
progression-free survival - the primary endpoint of the study - is reached at 
which time the primary analysis will be performed.  It is anticipated that this 
analysis will take place in the second half of 2021. 

An independent data monitoring committee (IDMC) has been continuously 
monitoring the safety and efficacy of patients enrolled in the EMERALD trial. 
After enrollment of 70% of planned patients, the committee formally reviewed 
results of a futility analysis. In completing their review, the IDMC 
recommended that the trial continues to advance in an unmodified manner.
"We are thrilled about the continued progress for the program. Elacestrant 
continues to be the most advanced oral SERD in Phase 3 development and given 
that, we aim on being first to deliver Phase 3 data in the class, and upon 
clinical success, a regulatory submission," said Elcin Barker Ergun, Chief 
Executive Officer of the Menarini Group. 

Commenting further, Barker Ergun added that "the Menarini/Radius partnership 
has been a tremendous success to date and the completion of patient enrollment 
in the EMERALD trial brings us one step closer to bringing an oral SERD to 
women and men with advanced breast cancer."

Dr. Maureen Conlan, Oncology Therapeutic Area Head for Radius, commented 
"Completing the enrollment of the EMERALD trial, despite the challenges of the 
COVID-19 pandemic, has been a great achievement. I am grateful to our team as 
well as the study investigators and patients for their efforts to date in 
supporting and participating in this trial."
 
In summarizing on recent progress, Dr. Charles Morris, Chief Medical Officer 
for Radius added "This is an exciting milestone for Radius and our partner, the 
Menarini Group, with regard to the elacestrant program. We look forward to 
seeing additional advancement of the program including activities related to 
various life cycle management opportunities for the compound."

About Menarini Group 
Menarini Group is a leading international pharmaceutical company with a 
presence in 140 countries, including a direct presence in over 70 countries. 
Its global platform extends throughout Europe, U.S., Central America, Africa, 
the Middle East and Asia Pacific, and generates over $4.2 billion in annual 
sales. Menarini is committed to oncology, with an already commercialized 
product in the US and several new investigational drugs in development for the 
treatment of a variety of tumors. For over 130 years, Menarini has also been 
investing in the development, production and distribution of pharmaceuticals to 
serve patients and physicians around the world with a full portfolio of 
products covering a number of different therapeutic areas.

About Radius

Radius is a science-driven fully integrated biopharmaceutical company that is 
committed to developing and commercializing innovative endocrine therapeutics. 
For more information, please visit www.radiuspharm.com

About elacestrant (RAD1901) and EMERALD Phase 3 Study
Elacestrant is a selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD), out-licensed to 
Menarini Group, which is being evaluated for potential use as a once daily oral 
treatment in patients with ER+/ HER2- advanced breast cancer. Studies completed 
to date indicate that the compound has the potential for use as a single agent 
or in combination with other therapies for the treatment of breast cancer. The 
EMERALD Phase 3 trial is a randomized, open label, active-controlled study 
evaluating elacestrant as second- or third-line monotherapy in ER+/HER2- 
advanced/metastatic breast cancer patients. The study has enrolled 466 patients 
who have received prior treatment with one or two lines of endocrine therapy, 
including a cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) 4/6 inhibitor. Patients in the study 
were randomized to receive either elacestrant or the investigator's choice of 
an approved hormonal agent. The primary endpoint of the study is 
progression-free survival (PFS) in the overall patient population and in 
patients with estrogen receptor 1 gene (ESR1) mutations. Secondary endpoints 
include evaluation of overall survival (OS), objective response rate (ORR), and 
duration of response (DOR). 

Forward-Looking Statements             
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of 
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  All statements contained 
in this press release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should 
be considered forward-looking statements.

These forward-looking statements are based on management's current 
expectations. These statements involve known and unknown risks and 
uncertainties that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to 
be materially different from any expressed or implied by the forward-looking 
statements. These risks include, but are not limited to, risks related to 
elacestrant's development and, if approved, commercialization, including the 
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic thereon. These and other important risks and 
uncertainties discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, or SEC, including under the caption "Risk Factors" in our Annual 
Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2019 and subsequent 
filings with the SEC, could cause actual results to differ materially from 
those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press release.  
While we may elect to update such forward-looking statements at some point in 
the future, we disclaim any obligation to do so, even if subsequent events 
cause our views to change.  These forward-looking statements should not be 
relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of 
this press release.

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SOURCE: Menarini I.F.R.

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