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Antigenics Announces Expansion of Investigator-Sponsored Study for Glioma

Published in Healthcare Mergers, Acquisitions and Ventures Week, July 11th, 2009

Antigenics Inc. (NASDAQ:AGEN) announced that the Brain Tumor Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco, has expanded its Phase 2 clinical trial of OncophageŽ (vitespen) to include NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center.

The Phase 2 trial is designed to recruit approximately 30 patients diagnosed with first recurrence of high-grade glioma. Patients undergo surgery to remove their tumors, which are then used to manufacture their patient-specific vaccines. The trial is designed to evaluate overall survival, time to progression and immune response.

"We are encouraged by the preliminary results generated from...

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