BETHESDA, Md., June 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwest Biotherapeutics (OTCQB: NWBO) (NW Bio), a biotechnology company developing DCVax® personalized immune therapies for solid tumor cancers, announced that this afternoon at 3:00 p.m. Central Time in the Industry Expert Theater in the Exhibit Hall at the ASCO Conference in the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, Illinois, Dr. Marnix L. Bosch, MBA, PhD and Chief Technical Officer of NW Bio, will deliver a webcast update on the Company’s clinical trial programs.
Dr. Bosch’s presentation will include updates on the Company’s Phase III trial of DCVax-L for newly diagnosed Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) brain cancer, as well as the Information Arm related to the GBM trial, and the Company’s Phase I/II Trial of DCVax-Direct for inoperable solid tumors.
Dr. Bosch’s presentation will be webcast live at:
https://www.nwbio.com/dcvax-novel-personalized-immune-therapies-solid-tumors/ It will also be available to review after the presentation on the Company’s website www.nwbio.com under the heading “Most Recent Presentations.” This presentation is not an official presentation of the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting. Not sponsored, endorsed, or accredited by ASCO or the Conquer Cancer Foundation. Not CME-accredited.
Northwest Biotherapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on developing personalized immunotherapy products designed to treat cancers more effectively than current treatments, without toxicities of the kind associated with chemotherapies, and on a cost-effective basis, in both the North America and Europe. The Company has a broad platform technology for DCVax® dendritic cell-based vaccines. The Company’s lead program is a 331-patient Phase III trial in newly diagnosed Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). GBM is the most aggressive and lethal form of brain cancer, and is an “orphan disease.” The Company is also pursuing a Phase I/II trial with DCVax-Direct for all types of inoperable solid tumor cancers. It has completed the 40-patient Phase I portion of the trial, and is preparing for the Phase II portion. The Company previously conducted a Phase I/II trial with DCVax-L for metastatic ovarian cancer together with the University of Pennsylvania.
