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To: Jibacoa who wrote (1605)3/27/2001 1:19:08 PM
From: Jim Oravetz  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 2344
 
Biomira Inc. Gets U.S. Patent For Cancer Vaccine Program
Dow Jones Newswires

EDMONTON -- Biomira Inc.'s (BIOM) Biomira USA unit was issued a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for composition of matter used in Biomira's cancer-vaccine program.

In a press release, the company said the patent, number 6,207,170, is entitled "Patient-specific white blood cell malignancy vaccine from membrane-proteoliposomes (MPL)".

It said the patent describes a new composition of matter and a cost-effective method for treating patients with an autologous vaccine. The vaccine is a membrane proteoliposome structure comprising one or more entities from the group of cytokines, costimulatory molecules, immune stimulators or adjuvants

Biomira said it received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration to proceed with a Phase Ib trial in patients with B-Cell lymphoma utilizing this vaccine approach. This trial will be conducted at the U.S. National Cancer Institute, as well as two cancer centers in New Jersey.

Biomira is a biotechnology company.

Company Web Site: biomira.com