MabVax Therapeutics Closes Two Licensing Agreements With Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cance...( SAN DIEGO Aug. 12 /- MabVax Thera...),Health

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- MabVax Therapeutics, Inc., a privately held immunotherapeutics discovery and development company focused on the development and commercialization of novel immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer, today announced the completion of two separate licensing agreements with the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (SKI).

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The first license agreement grants MabVax exclusive development and commercialization rights to multiple vaccines against recurrent cancer for six different types of cancer. MSKCC plans to initiate Phase I clinical trials in each of these types of cancer this year or early next year. Upon successful demonstration of immunogenicity and tolerability in the Phase I trials in sarcoma and small cell lung cancer, MabVax will initiate Phase II trials in these two cancer types. In addition to MabVax's efforts, MSKCC is planning to conduct Phase II trials with the licensed vaccines in ovarian and breast cancer. Pending successful outcomes, MabVax can assume responsibility for continued development and eventual commercialization of these vaccines.

The second license agreement grants MabVax exclusive rights to the use of the licensed vaccines and lymphocytes from successfully vaccinated clinical trial participants. MabVax plans to rescue antibodies from these patient samples to create a pipeline of fully human monoclonal antibody products against each of the vaccine targets expressed on the surface of the cancer cells. By rescuing antibodies from a selection of patients who generate a useful immune response, MabVax can select the optimal antibodies and develop them as either stand alone products or as combination products with the vaccines. MabVax has established a laboratory and office in the San Diego
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