Agenus Inc. (AGEN) Announces Presentation of New Phase 2 Trial Data on Glioma Vaccine
Agenus Inc. just announced that it will be presenting new data from a Phase 2 trial of the Prophage G-200 vaccine (HSPPC-96; vitespen) in recurrent glioma. The company intends making a poster presentation during the 2011 ASCO Annual Meeting, slated for June 3-7 in Chicago, IL. Abstracts are now available at ASCO’s website www.chicago2011.asco.org. The abstract (#2565), by Parsa, et al, is titled "Autologous heat shock protein vaccine (HSPPC-96) for patients with recurrent glioblastoma (GBM): Results of a Phase 2 multicenter clinical trial with immunological assessments.” According to the company, its Prophage vaccines are “patient-specific therapeutic cancer vaccine candidates.” Prophage…