Introgen Therapeutics, Inc. Seeks FDA (JOBS) Approval for 'Groundbreaking' Cancer Drug

AUSTIN, Texas & DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Introgen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:INGN) submitted a Biologics License Application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting marketing approval for ADVEXIN® p53 therapy to treat recurrent, refractory head and neck cancer. Simultaneously, Gendux Molecular Limited, an Introgen subsidiary, submitted a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) to the European Medicines Evaluation Agency (EMEA) for the same indication. ADVEXIN represents the first of a new class of tumor suppressor cancer therapy and is the first of its kind to be submitted for regulatory approval in the United States and Europe.