RE: MODITOPE PATENT RNS20 Nov 2019 07:08
Scancell Holdings plc, (AIM:SCLP), the developer of novel immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer, notes that the European Patent Office has announced its intention to grant Scancell's application for a European patent for its modified enolase peptides.
This patent will add to the protection of the Company's pipeline of Moditope® vaccines for the treatment of cancer. Commercial exclusivity will be provided in all major European territories such as: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden and Turkey.
Additionally, Scancell will be presenting at the NeoAg Summit being held at The Colonnade Hotel, 120 Huntingdon Avenue, Boston, MA from 20-22 November 2019. The conference is being held to address "Personalised Neo-antigen based Cancer Vaccines and Immunotherapies".
Professor Lindy Durrant, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer of Scancell and Professor of Cancer Immunotherapy at the University of Nottingham, has been invited to give a presentation on 22 November entitled: "Citrullination - a widely expressed, novel, stress induced post-translational modification that is a potent target for cancer vaccines." The presentation will be focused on the discovery of the Moditope® platform and its translation into an immunotherapy with clinical utility for patients with solid tumours.