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Immunotherapeutic Antisense Agent Extends Survival

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, April 12th, 2001

Genta, Inc. (GNTA) reported on March 26, 2001, updated results of clinical trials for its immunotherapy drug GenasenseTM at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The company's lead investigator, Dr. Burkhard Jansen from the University of Vienna, Austria, presented the data at an educational session entitled "Apoptosis in drug development and therapy," which reviewed innovative approaches to triggering cancer cell death.

In his presentation, Jansen reviewed the clinical results on his pilot series of patients, who were treated with Genasense plus a standard drug known as...

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