Latest Cancer vaccine Stories
The promise of vaccines targeted against various types of cancer has raised the hopes of patients and their families. The reality, however, is that these promising treatments are difficult to develop. One of the challenges is identifying a discrete cellular target to stop cancer growth without inactivating the immune system. Scientists at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center report a laboratory finding that has the potential to increase the effectiveness of therapeutic cancer...
Penn-led research points to new ways to identify patients who are most likely to respond to cancer vaccine treatmentA personalized vaccine is a powerful therapy to prevent recurrence among certain follicular lymphoma patients, according to the latest results of ongoing research led by the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. The new findings show that when these patients "“ whose tumors are marked by a specific protein that may be present in up to half of people with this type of...
WORCESTER, Mass., Dec. 6, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Generex Biotechnology Corporation (www.generex.com) (OTC Bulletin Board: GNBT) today announced two presentations of data obtained from its on-going Phase II trial of its novel immunotherapeutic AE37 vaccine in breast cancer patients. The presentations, entitled Combination Immunotherapy: Safety and Immunologic Data from a Phase II Trial Administering a HER2/neu-derived Peptide Vaccine Sequentially or Concurrently with Trastuzumab and...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and NEW YORK, Dec. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Tolerx, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies by modulating T cell activity, and the Cancer Vaccine Acceleration Fund (CVAF) -- a nonprofit program of the Cancer Research Institute established in partnership with the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research -- today announced they entered into a collaborative research agreement to support development of Tolerx's drug candidate, TRX518, a monoclonal antibody...
Medicare Officials Will Consider the Panel's Endorsement When Deciding Whether Provenge Should Be Covered WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Provenge is one step closer to being covered by Medicare. An expert panel voted Wednesday to endorse the newly approved therapeutic vaccine for men with advanced prostate cancer. The Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) meeting was part of a national coverage analysis of Provenge, following rekindled...
BALTIMORE, Nov. 17, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- RetireSafe, a 400,000-supporter strong national advocacy group for older Americans, today urged the Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) to support the full reimbursement of costs related to the important new Provenge treatment procedure for prostate cancer patients. RetireSafe President Thair Phillips urged the Committee to "consider not only the many Americans suffering from prostate cancer, and their...
SEATTLE and WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Dendreon Corporation (Nasdaq: DNDN) today announced the following PROVENGE® (sipuleucel-T) data presentations taking place at the 25th International Society for Biological Therapy of Cancer (iSBTc) annual meeting in Washington, D.C. "Sipulecel-T Immune Parameters and Correlation with Overall Survival." Session 2 of the Symposium on Immuno-Oncology Biomarkers, 2010 and Beyond: Correlation of Immunity to Clinical Response and Potency Assays...
FREDERICK, Md., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Vaccinogen, Inc. has appointed veteran biotechnology executive Michael L. Kranda as President and Chief Executive Officer to guide it through its next stage of growth. "The timing couldn't be better - as the company proceeds to finance and launch our pivotal Phase III clinical trial," said Michael G. Hanna, Jr., Ph.D., Vaccinogen's Founder & Chairman and inventor of the company's unique cancer-fighting vaccine OncoVAX®. Co-founder and COO...
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TUEBINGEN, Germany, September 21, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- - New Investment Allows immatics to Perform Pivotal Study With its Lead Vaccine IMA901 in Patients With Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Study to Start in 2010 - IMA901 Phase II Trial has Shown the Potential to Confer an Overall Survival Benefit - Financing Supported by Both New and Existing Investors immatics biotechnologies GmbH, a biopharmaceutical company developing advanced therapeutic vaccines that are active...
