( nal antibody targeting an epitope inth...)Immunomedics Reports Initial Clinical Results With Hpam4 For,Pancreatic Cancer Therapy,Health

nal antibody targeting an epitope in the MUC1 antigen expressed in most pancreatic cancer, but not pancreatitis, normal pancreas or most other normal tissues. Preclinical studies with PAM4 labeled with the radioisotope, Yttrium-90, demonstrated favorable tumor responses, which could be further improved when given in combination with gemcitabine.

About Pancreatic Cancer

According to the National Cancer Institute, pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States. In 2007, an estimated 37,000 Americans will be diagnosed with the disease, and about 33,000 patients will die from it. For patients with advanced cancers, the overall 5-year survival rate of all stages is less than 1%. For those patients with small and localized disease that can be completely resected surgically, 5-year survival rates improve to 18% to 24%. Currently, the standard therapy for pancreatic cancer is gemcitabine, alone or in combination with other chemotherapeutics.

About Immunomedics

Immunomedics is a New Jersey-based biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of monoclonal, antibody-based products for the targeted treatment of cancer, autoimmune and other serious diseases. We have developed a number of advanced proprietary technologies that allow us to create humanized antibodies that can be used either alone in unlabeled or "naked" form, or conjugated with radioactive isotopes, chemotherapeutics or toxins, in each case to create highly targeted agents. Using these technologies, we have built a pipeline of therapeutic product candidates that utilize several different mechanisms of action. We have licensed our lead product candidate, epratuzumab, to UCB, S.A. for the treatment of all autoimmune disease indications worldwide. We have retained the rights for epratuzumab in oncology indications for which UCB has been granted a buy-in option. UCB has development, manufacture and commercialization rights, and is responsible for a
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