IDM Pharma Announces Availability of Mifamurtide (L-MTP-PE) Through Compassionate Ac...( IRVINE Calif. March 20 /- IDM Pha...),Health

IRVINE, Calif., March 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IDM Pharma, Inc. (the Company) (Nasdaq: IDMI) announced today that it has initiated enrollment in a clinical protocol finalized with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which provides mifamurtide (L-MTP-PE) to eligible, high-risk osteosarcoma patients through a compassionate access study.

"This formalized study is in response to the increasing number of requests for compassionate access to L-MTP-PE," said Timothy P. Walbert, president and chief executive officer, IDM Pharma. "As we continue to navigate the U.S. and European regulatory processes, we hope this study provides a temporary solution and much needed treatment option for patients with this devastating orphan disease."

Data from 13 patients treated through compassionate access were presented at the 39th Congress of International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP) last year and showed that L-MTP-PE in combination with other therapies is safe, well-tolerated and exhibited signs of disease control. Updated data on the increasing number of patients treated through compassionate access will be presented at the upcoming 21st Annual Meeting of The American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (ASPHO).

"This compassionate access study is designed to meet an unmet treatment need by providing L-MTP-PE access to high-risk osteosarcoma patients for whom current therapy is not effective or tolerated," said Peter Anderson, M.D., Ph.D., principal investigator and professor of pediatrics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. "Our experience in treating patients with L-MTP-PE in Phase 1, Phase 2, and Phase 3 studies and through compassionate access has been positive to date with good
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