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IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IDM Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDMI) today provided an update of the three lead programs in its product pipeline, mifamurtide (L-MTP-PE), UVIDEM(R) and IDM-2101.

Mifamurtide (L-MTP-PE)

IDM Pharma continues to work with European regulators responding to questions and issues raised by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) in the most recent communications received by the company regarding the marketing authorization application (MAA) for L-MTP-PE filed by the Company. To allow the necessary time to respond to these most recent questions, the Company has asked for and been granted a clock stop, or extension, of approximately one month. The Company now expects to receive an opinion on the approvability of the MAA for L-MTP-PE by late January 2008.

In the U.S., the Company has been working with external experts and advisors to gather patient follow up data from the Phase 3 clinical trial of L-MTP-PE conducted by the Children's Oncology Group (COG) and to respond to other questions in the not approvable letter the Company received from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Because the COG had closed the Phase 3 trial in March 2007, in which the patients completed treatment in 1997, a number of challenges have been encountered in collecting the follow up data, including trial sites requiring approval from their Investigational Review Boards (IRBs) prior to searching for and providing additional patient data. These factors have caused significant delays in the Company's attempt to gather this data. The COG has now agreed to assist the Company in collecting this patient follow up data. Because of the challenges of the data collection efforts and to respo
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