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Biological License Application to be Filed for Stage II Melanoma Vaccine

Published in Cancer Weekly, October 24th, 2000

Corixa Corporation (CRXA), a research and development-based biotechnology company, announced its intent to file for regulatory approval of its MelacineR melanoma vaccine.

The biological license application (BLA) will be based predominantly on data from the recently completed Phase III study of the use of Melacine vaccine for the treatment of Stage II melanoma, which started enrollment in April of 1992 and has followed patients through January of 2000. The filing will also contain data following the same group of patients through January of 2001.

The results of this study, conducted by the former Ribi Immunochem Research, Inc., (acquired...

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