ASEAN News: Epeius Biotechnologies Gains Commercial Approval for Rexin-G(R), a Tumor-Targeted Gene-Based Medicine for Metasta...(bedside. Now that Rexin-G is commerc...),Health

Now that Rexin-G is commercially available to Philippine physicians and their patients, and to a host of medical tourists from the United States, Europe, and Japan, the next step is to expand its availability to these countries and to ASEAN countries that share cooperative affiliations with the Philippines. Epeius Biotechnologies has intensified its efforts to gain product registration in the United States-following several years of safety studies in the USA, Epeius has formally opened three advanced Phase I/II trials in San Marino and Santa Monica, California, for chemo-resistant pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, and sarcoma. Based again on unprecedented single-agent efficacy and over-all safety, the US FDA recently approved a Phase II Registration Protocol for osteosarcoma which includes participation of children and adolescents. For additional information about ongoing clinical trials in the United States, contact our Medical Director, Dr. Erlinda M. Gordon at egordon@epeiusbiotech.com.

About Epeius Biotechnologies

Epeius Biotechnologies Corporation is a privately held biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the advancement of genetic medicine with the development and commercialization of its lead products and proprietary targeted delivery systems. Credited with innovations ranging from gene discovery, to designer therapeutic genes, to pathotropic (disease-seeking) targeting, to ultra high-performance vector engineering, to advanced biopharmaceutical manufacturing and bioprocess development, Epeius Biotechnologies is well positioned to 'launch' its enabling platform technologies for the benefit of cancer patients worldwide. Meanwhile, rapid advances in clinical drug development provide Epeius with a unique opportunity for early revenues from the sale of its lead product to the Philippines and reciprocating ASEAN countries -- thus demonstrating the high growth potential of a small biotec
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