Latest Oncolytic virus Stories
Innovative Therapy Ensures Greater Patient Compliance, Improves Quality of Life MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on its recent analysis of the biopharmaceuticals market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Neotropix, Inc. with the 2009 U.S. Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Innovation of the Year. This award acknowledges the company's introduction of the innovative virotherapy NTX-010 (Seneca Valley Virus), an oncolytic picorna virus for treating small cell lung cancer...
SAN FRANCISCO and YONGIN, South Korea, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Jennerex, Inc. (San Francisco, CA and Ottawa, Ontario), and its South Korean partner Green Cross Corp., today announced treatment of the first five patients in a Phase 2 primary liver cancer clinical trial using its targeted and armed poxvirus JX-594. No significant toxicities were reported, and enrollment of patients onto the trial is continuing. The Phase 2 trial involves treatment of patients with advanced, primary...
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Jennerex, Inc. (San Francisco, CA and Ottawa, Canada) a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that David H. Kirn, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, will present an overview of the Company at the 10th Annual Rodman & Renshaw Healthcare Conference in New York on November 11, 2008 at 3:15 p.m. Eastern Time (12:15 p.m. Pacific Time) at the Palace Hotel, New York. A webcast of the presentation will be available during the event...
CALGARY, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Oncolytics Biotech Inc. (TSX: ONC, NASDAQ: ONCY) announced today that an abstract entitled "A Phase I Study to Evaluate Systemic Wild-Type Reovirus (REOLYSIN(R)) in Combination with Docetaxel in Patients with Advanced Malignancies" will be available in the November/December issue of the Journal of Immunotherapy, the official journal of the International Society for Biological Therapy of Cancer (iSBTc). The principal investigator for the trial is...
CALGARY, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Oncolytics Biotech Inc. (TSX: ONC, NASDAQ: ONCY) announced today that Dr. Shizuko Sei of SAIC-Frederick, Inc., delivered a poster presentation entitled "In Vivo Efficacy and Replication Dynamics of Intravenously Administered Oncolytic Reovirus in Nude Mice Bearing Human Melanoma Xenografts" at the 20th EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics. SAIC-Frederick is the prime contractor to the National Cancer Institute at...
Neotropix(R), Inc., a clinical-stage development company focused on neuroendocrine cancer treatments, announced today exciting data from an extensive pediatric preclinical study performed by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) funded Pediatric Preclinical Testing Program on the use of NTX-010 (Seneca Valley Virus-001), a tumor-selective naturally-occurring oncolytic virus. The results support the initiation of clinical development of Neotropix's lead candidate, NTX-010 for the treatment of...
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Jennerex, Inc. (San Francisco, CA and Ottawa, Canada) today announced the completion of treatment for the first patient cohort in the Phase 1 cancer clinical trial of its targeted poxvirus JX-594, delivered by intravenous (IV) infusion. No significant toxicities were reported, and treatment was well-tolerated. The Phase 1 IV trial involves treatment of patients with advanced, metastatic solid tumors refractory to standard therapy. Patients receive...
Researchers seek to understand, and improve, virus that can infect lung cancer cellsThe 3-D structure of the virus, known as Seneca Valley Virus-001, reveals that it is unlike any other known member of the Picornaviridae viral family, and confirms its recent designation as a separate genus "Senecavirus." The new study reveals that the virus's outer protein shell looks like a craggy golf ball "” one with uneven divets and raised spikes"”and the RNA strand beneath it is arranged...
Neotropix(R), Inc., a clinical-stage development company focused on neuroendocrine cancer treatments, announced today that it has begun enrolling neuroendocrine cancer patients into an expanded clinical trial of its lead candidate, NTX-010 (SVV-001), a tumor-selective naturally-occurring oncolytic virus. Neotropix(R) also announced that it has been granted Orphan Drug Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of NTX-010 for the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors. After...
Neotropix(TM), Inc., a clinical-stage development company focused in neuroendocrine cancer treatments, today announced the appointment of Anthony Williams, M.D., as its Chief Medical Officer (CMO). Dr. Williams has more than 25 years of drug development experience, working for major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies including GlaxoSmithKline, Merrell Dow and Dyax Corporation. In this new role as CMO, Dr. Williams is the most senior physician of the company with primary...
