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Selected photos from Cancer Immunotherapy: A Long-Awaited Reality conference hosted by MD Becker Partners and BioBusiness.TV held at the New York Academy of Medicine on October 21, 2010 (Note: Click on photo to enlarge). Alternatively, click here to view a video montage of the conference photos.
According to the National Institutes of Health’s [NIH] stem cell primer, stem cells have the ability to develop into many different cell types in the body during early life and growth. In many tissues they serve as an internal repair system, dividing essentially without limit to replenish other cells. When a stem cell divides, each [...]
Shares of Dendreon Corporation (DNDN) have declined significantly from an all-time high of $57.67 in late April 2010 when the company received U.S. Food and Drug Administration [FDA] approval for Provenge® [sipuleucel-T], the first active immunotherapy approved for the treatment of cancer in the U.S. Today, shares of Dendreon traded as low as $28.01, down [...]
In early April 2010, we published a 150-page industry report titled “Cancer Vaccine Therapies: Failures and Future Opportunities,” which included an overview of the cancer immunotherapy market, interviews with several key opinion leaders, profiles of nearly 40 companies, and a discussion of the scientific, clinical, and commercial considerations for the major industry participants. An executive [...]
(Note: the following text is an Executive Summary from our new 150-page report titled “Cancer Vaccine Therapies: Failures and Future Opportunities”) Since the early 1990s, cancer immunotherapy has provided hope to patients, physicians, and investors as a new treatment modality with limited side effects and superior efficacy. Cancer immunotherapy broadly includes passive immunization, active immunization, [...]
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