Lion Biotechnologies Inc. (LBIO)

[KC_dweller]

Unlike the other posts on this board that seem unhealthily obsessed with the ceo of this outfit, I've been researching the product Contego.

First there is no data from this company on Contego. Rather it seems that the new board members are the worlds experts on the therapy. When I looked at each of their Bios I see that they are working in the BEST cancer hospitals and have the most prestigious pedigrees.

I am shocked that the Genesis website does not have any information on the origin of Contego! The therapy was invented at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda Maryland and is still the best therapy for Metastatic Melanoma available. It is actually call Til Therapy in the cancer world. that stands for Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes. It is very similar to Provenge from Dendreon.

Once I knew that Contego was just rebranding of Til, it was easy to find out about this product. These are clinical trials being run using Til/Contego currently, they are all

NCI/NIH
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=til+melanoma+nih&recr=Open&no_unk=Y

MD Anderson
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=til+melanoma+MD+anderson&recr=Open&no_unk=Y&rslt=&type=&cond=&intr=&outc=&lead=&spons=&id=&state1=&cntry1=&state2=&cntry2=&state3=&cntry3=&locn=&gndr=&rcv_s=&rcv_e=&lup_s=&lup_e=


What is interesting is that I was reading bulletin boards where melanoma patients discuss what therapy the are on, and they have a good impression of Til. What is strange is that there have already been Phase II clinical trials that have shown that this therapy works better the standard treatment which is high dose IL-2 (HD IL-2). So the question I have is " what does this company contribute to the equation?"








CASSIAN YEE, MD - MEMBER, SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
http://www.fhcrc.org/research/profiles/yee.html


JAMES MULÉ, MD - MEMBER, SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD

Moffitt Cancer Center
http://www.moffitt.org/site.aspx?spid=AC68A6DF35AC4E9DB8150E413302996F


JEFFREY WEBER, MD - MEMBER, SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD

Moffitt Cancer Center
http://www.moffitt.org/site.aspx?spid=F0B14BB585AB4205A5798A3E718234A0


PATRICK HWU, MD - MEMBER, SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD

MD Anderson Cancer Center
http://faculty.mdanderson.org/patrick_hwu

DAVID DIGIUSTO, MD - MEMBER, SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD

City of Hope
http://www.cityofhope.org/directory/people/digiusto-david/Pages/default.aspx

DANIEL POWELL, MD - MEMBER, SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
http://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g5455356/p8186734