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Websites
- Vaccinogen’s new anti-cancer vaccine commercially available in Europe this year www.vaccinogeninc.com/news_022708.cfm
- Biovest announces BiovaxID® anticancer vaccine prolongs cancer-free survival by 44% http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/ir?Module=MediaViewer&GUID=6782821&Ticker=BVTI&Client=ir
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- Dendreon announces FDA confirms data required for Provenge® licensure http://investor.dendreon.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=246500
- Pharmexa stops one of two Phase III trials www.pharmexa.com/resources/262.pdf
- Favrille announces results from Phase III registration trial of specified in patients with follicular B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma http://ir.favrille.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=178404&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1150570&highlight=
- Oxford biomedica announces data safety monitoring board recommendation for Trovax® Phase III trist study www.oxfordbiomedica.co.uk/news/2008-ob-21.asp
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