OncoPep Enters Exclusive License Agreement with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for Novel Therapeutic Multi-Peptide Vaccine Technology for Hematologic Cancers

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OncoPep, Inc. today announced that the company has entered into an exclusive, worldwide license agreement with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for a multi-peptide therapeutic cancer vaccine technology. The first vaccine developed from this technology, PVX-410, is designed to target multiple myeloma cells. Financial terms of the agreement are undisclosed. A Phase 1/2a trial, in which PVX-410 will be studied in patients with smoldering multiple myeloma, is planned for 2012. Smoldering multiple myeloma is an asymptomatic precursor of multiple myeloma that is defined by the extent of multiple myeloma cells present.