Abstract: The present invention generally provides taxane prodrugs comprising at least one taxane joined by hydrolyzable bond(s) to one or more polyethylene glycol oligomer(s) selected from the group consisting of a straight or branched polyethylene glycol oligomer having from 1 to 25 polyethylene glycol units and optionally comprising a salt-forming moiety. The polyethylene glycol oligomer preferably comprises a salt-forming moiety, which is preferably selected from the group consisting of ammonium and carboxylate.

Abstract: The invention provides a drug-oligomer conjugate having the following general formula: wherein D is a therapeutic drug moiety; H and H′ are each a hydrophilic moiety, independently selected from the group consisting of straight or branched PEG polymers having from 2 to 130 PEG subunits, and sugars; L is a lipophilic moiety selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups having 2-26 carbon atoms, cholesterol, adamantane and fatty acids; o is a number from 1 to the maximum number of covalent bonding sites on H; m+n+p together have a value of at least one and not exceeding the total number of covalent bonding sites on D for the —H′, —L and —H—L substituents; the H—L bond(s) are hydrolyzable and the D—L′ bond(s), when present, are hydrolyzable; the conjugate being further characterized by one of the following: (i) m is 0 and p is at least 1; (ii) n is 0 and p is at least 1; (iii) m and n are each 0 and p is at least 1; (iv) p is