NEEDHAM, Mass., Feb. 14, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:CLDX) presented final results yesterday from a Phase 1 study of CDX-301 (recombinant human Flt3L; rhuFlt3L) in healthy volunteers that strongly support the initiation of a pilot study in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation later this year. The data were presented by Michael Yellin, MD, Vice President of Clinical Science at Celldex, in an oral presentation at the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation 2013 BMT Tandem Meetings. The study was conducted at Rockefeller University by Niroshana Anandasabapathy, MD, PhD, who worked as an instructor in clinical investigation in the laboratory of the late Nobel Laureate Ralph Steinman, MD.
