TapImmune Inc. Release: Phase I Clinical Trials on HER2/neu Antigens to Start at Mayo Clinic

SEATTLE, May 4, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TapImmune Inc. (OTCBB:TPIV) has announced that following recent IRB approval a Phase I Clinical Trial on a novel set of HER2/neu Class II antigens will start at Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN. Mayo Clinic received IND allowance from the FDA for this trial in 2011. TapImmune is sponsoring the Phase I study and has an Exclusive Option to License the antigen technology at the end of Phase I. Following an overwhelming response from breast cancer patients wishing to be part of this trial, Mayo anticipates the initial patient recruitment to be fully subscribed. The study will have an interim safety analysis that will examine safety after 5 patients have been enrolled and received a single cycle of treatments.