{"id":390743,"date":"2020-12-01T09:04:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T14:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=390743"},"modified":"2020-12-01T09:04:47","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T14:04:47","slug":"anixa-biosciences-announces-licensing-agreement-with-cleveland-clinic-for-ovarian-cancer-vaccine-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/anixa-biosciences-announces-licensing-agreement-with-cleveland-clinic-for-ovarian-cancer-vaccine-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Anixa Biosciences Announces Licensing Agreement with Cleveland Clinic for Ovarian Cancer Vaccine Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Anixa to Host a Conference Call Thursday, December 3, 2020, 1:15 p.m. PT to Discuss Program<\/h2>\n

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\n SAN JOSE, Calif.<\/span>, Dec. 1, 2020<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ —\u00a0Anixa Biosciences, Inc.<\/a> (NASDAQ: ANIX), a biotechnology company focused on the treatment and prevention of cancer and infectious diseases, announced today that it has entered into a license agreement with Cleveland Clinic for exclusive, world-wide rights to an innovative ovarian cancer vaccine technology.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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Cleveland Clinic immunologist Dr. Vincent Tuohy<\/span> has been working on a method to vaccinate women against ovarian cancer and other gynecological malignancies. \u00a0This development-stage vaccine targets the extracellular domain of anti-mullerian hormone receptor 2 (AMHR2-ED), that appears in many types of ovarian cancer.\u00a0 AMHR2-ED is one of several proteins identified by Dr. Tuohy as “retired” proteins. \u00a0While these proteins are necessary during the early stages of life, they are “retired” as a person ages, and are no longer expressed, or made at appreciable levels, in healthy adults.\u00a0 AMHR2-ED re-appears in cancerous cells and accordingly, it is an attractive target for vaccination.<\/p>\n

Anixa and Cleveland Clinic are already collaborating on a preventative breast cancer vaccine also developed by Dr. Tuohy based on his research into “retired” proteins.\u00a0 The organizations plan to begin human trials with the breast cancer vaccine in early 2021.<\/p>\n

“Through this collaboration we are expanding into additional preventive and therapeutic areas and we look forward to seeing the development of this ovarian cancer vaccine<\/span>,” <\/span>said Dr. Tuohy. “Research into cancer therapies has typically focused on attacking the disease after a patient has been diagnosed, but if we could immunize people to prevent the cancer from ever forming, it could represent a paradigm shift for patients, their caregivers and the healthcare system.”<\/p>\n

“We are pleased to broaden our relationship and to expand our work with Dr. Tuohy,” stated Amit Kumar<\/span>, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Anixa. \u00a0“Though it is still early days for the experimental ovarian cancer vaccine, pre-clinical research suggests the potential of this technology as both a prophylactic that prevents the occurrence of cancer, and a therapeutic that treats women with ovarian cancer.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Kumar added, “Anixa’s goal is to present patients that have limited treatment options with meaningful new therapeutic and prophylactic alternatives. \u00a0We see this vaccine as a complementary component to our growing immuno-oncology portfolio, which includes a CAR-T therapy targeting ovarian cancer, for which we anticipate filing an IND shortly.”<\/p>\n

\n Conference Call Information:
<\/b>Anixa will host a conference call and live audio webcast Thursday, December 3, 2020<\/span>, at 1:15 p.m. PST<\/span>.\u00a0 Interested parties may access the conference call by dialing:<\/p>\n