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Clinical trials for melanoma and ovarian cancer receive go-ahead.

Vaccine Weekly

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2002 NOV 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Avax Technologies, Inc., (NASDAQ:AVXT) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has confirmed that there are no outstanding issues with regard to the company's investigational new drug (IND) applications for M-Vax and O-Vax, its AC Vaccine Technology candidates for the treatment of melanoma and ovarian cancers.

The company filed the applications on September 9, 2002, and the FDA has 30 days after the filing in which to request additional information before the applicant commences the clinical trial. The absence of outstanding issues at the end of the 30-day review period allows Avax to proceed with these clinical trials as planned.

David L. Tousley, Avax, stated, "We are pleased that we are now in a position, from a regulatory ...

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Source: HighBeam Research, Clinical trials for melanoma and ovarian cancer receive go-ahead.

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