Galena Biopharma Announces Initial Results From the Folate Binding Protein Vaccine Phase 1 Trial at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer Conference

PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 11, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Galena Biopharma (Nasdaq:GALE), a biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing innovative, targeted oncology treatments that address major unmet medical needs to advance cancer care, today announced a poster presentation at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Conference 2013 on November 7-10, 2013, in National Harbor, Maryland. The data presented are the results of the Phase 1 portion of the trial for the Folate Binding Protein (FBP) vaccine. FBP is a folate receptor alpha-derived, peptide-based cancer immunotherapy administered to HLA A2 positive patients in combination with granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) as an adjuvant treatment to prevent recurrences in high-risk, endometrial and ovarian cancer patients rendered disease-free after completing standard of care therapy.

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