Avid Bioservices Inc (CDMO)

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"JACKSONVILLE, Florida , April 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

Study to commence Q 2 2016 at Sloan Kettering Institute
Cancer vaccine and checkpoint inhibitor combinat ion to be evaluated in platinum- resistant ovarian cancer patients
TapImmune,Inc. (TPIV), a clinical-stage immunology-oncology company specializing in the development of innovative peptide and gene-based immunotherapeutics and vaccines for the treatment of cancer & metastatic disease, announced today plans to initiate a Phase 2 trial of its cancer vaccine, TPIV 200, a multi-epitope anti-folate receptor vaccine (FRa), in combination with Astra Zeneca durvalumab (MEDI4736), an anti-PD-L1 antibody, in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. The study will commence in the second quarter of 2016 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York and will be led by Jason Konner, M.D. as Principal Investigator.

The two Companies will share clinical costs, while TapImmune(TPIV) will supply TPIV 200 and MedImmune will supply Durvalumab (MED14736) for the trials. TapImmune recently obtained Orphan Drug Designation for TPIV 200 in ovarian cancer from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration..."[more]

Just the beginning, IMO, for PPHM trial announcements also.