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Cancer vaccine receives FDA fast track designation.(Brief Article)

Vaccine Weekly

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2002 MAR 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antigenics Inc. (AGEN) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company's personalized cancer vaccine, Oncophage (HSPPC-96), fast track designation for the treatment of metastatic melanoma.

As a fast track product, the FDA will take appropriate actions to expedite the development and review of Oncophage. In October 2001, Oncophage received its first fast track designation - for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma (kidney cancer) - making it the first personalized cancer product to receive fast track designation from the ...

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