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SAN FRANCISCO, May 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Jennerex, Inc., a private clinical-stage biotherapeutics company focused on the development and commercialization of first-in-class targeted oncolytic products for cancer, today announced that key data from its Phase 2 randomized clinical study in advanced liver cancer patients, along with data from other JX-594 clinical trials, will be presented at the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) Annual Meeting taking place May 18-21, 2011, in Seattle, Washington. These data, evaluating multi-dose administration of JX-594 in U.S., Korean and Canadian patients with advanced liver cancer, were selected for an oral presentation at the ASGCT Presidential Symposium. Additionally, these data have been chosen for inclusion in ASGCT's Media Event to be held during the annual meeting.
The presentation details are as follows:
Abstract Title: "Demonstration of Safety and Antitumoral Activity of JX-594, a Targeted Multi-Mechanistic Oncolytic Poxvirus, Following Intravenous Infusion and/or Intratumoral Injections in Patients with Refractory Metastatic Cancers" (Abstract #50)
Presenter: David H. Kirn, M.D., president and chief executive officer of Jennerex
Session: Presidential Symposium, May 19, 2011, 9:05 a.m. PDT
About JX-594
JX-594 is a proprietary, engineered oncolytic virus that is designed to selectively target and destroy cancer cells. JX-594 is designed to attack cancer through three diverse mechanisms of action: 1) the lysis of cancer cells through viral replication, 2) the reduction of the blood supply to tumors through vascular targeting and destruction, and 3) the stimulation of the body's immune response against cancer cells, i.e., active immunotherapy. Phase 1 and Phase 2 clinical trials in multiple cancer types to date have shown that JX-594, delivered either directly into tumors or systemically, induces tumor shrinkage and/or necrosis
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