RE: Moderna, Merck report cancer vaccine breakthrough in melanoma trial4 Feb 2026 21:41
For those who can’t be bothered to sift through the report here is the bit on CVLP.
Case study: Personalised
Cancer Vaccines:
accelerating recruitment
and delivery of trials.
Personalised cancer vaccines are a form
of immunotherapy treatment tailored to
each person’s cancer, based on the
genetic changes unique to each tumour.
The UK has established global leadership
in research into cancer vaccines through
the Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad (CVLP)
and the Vaccine Innovation Pathway
(VIP). The CVLP provides an extended
network of referral sites across parts of
the country, to broaden trial access and
to streamline processing and analysis of
cancer biopsies for genetic analysis. The
VIP provides the systems and processes
to optimise trial set up and patient
recruitment. As a result of these
innovations, the UK was the fastest-
recruiting country for the first international
trial of personalised vaccination after
surgery for colorectal cancer, and is at
the forefront of trials in melanoma, head
and neck cancer and pancreatic cancer.
This has led to multi-million pound
investments in vaccine research in the UK
by the companies developing these
technologies and a rapidly-expanding
portfolio of new trials.
Take care ..