AURORA, Canada I April 3, 2014 I Helix BioPharma Corp. (TSX: HBP) (FRANKFURT: HBP), a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative drug candidates for the prevention and treatment of cancer, today announced the recent submission of an Investigational New Drug (“IND”) application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) for approval to initiate a Phase I clinical trial with L-DOS47. The study is entitled “A Phase I, Open Label, Dose Escalation Study of Immunoconjugate L-DOS47 in Combination with Standard Doublet Therapy of Pemetrexed/Carboplatin in Patients with Stage IV (TNM M1a and M1b) Recurrent or Metastatic Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (“NSCLC”).
“This is a very positive step forward in the development of L-DOS47,” said Robert Verhagen, President and Chief Executive Officer of Helix. “While our Polish Study will provide vital information on our candidate as a monotherapy, our goal for this study, if approved by the FDA, will be to understand how L-DOS47 will work in combination with other chemotherapeutic agents.”
L-DOS47 is Helix’s first immunoconjugate-based drug candidate in development based upon the Company’s novel DOS47 technology, which is designed to use an innovative approach to modify the microenvironmental conditions of cancer cells in a manner that leads to their destruction. L-DOS47 is currently being clinically evaluated as a treatment for certain patients with non-small cell lung cancer (“NSCLC”).
About Helix BioPharma Corp.
Helix BioPharma Corp. is a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the field of cancer therapy. The company is actively developing innovative products for the prevention and treatment of cancer based on its proprietary technologies. Helix’s product development initiatives include its novel L-DOS47 new drug candidate and its Topical Interferon Alpha-2b. Helix is currently listed on the TSX and FSE under the symbol “HBP”.
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AURORA, Canada I April 3, 2014 I Helix BioPharma Corp. (TSX: HBP) (FRANKFURT: HBP), a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative drug candidates for the prevention and treatment of cancer, today announced the recent submission of an Investigational New Drug (“IND”) application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) for approval to initiate a Phase I clinical trial with L-DOS47. The study is entitled “A Phase I, Open Label, Dose Escalation Study of Immunoconjugate L-DOS47 in Combination with Standard Doublet Therapy of Pemetrexed/Carboplatin in Patients with Stage IV (TNM M1a and M1b) Recurrent or Metastatic Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (“NSCLC”).
“This is a very positive step forward in the development of L-DOS47,” said Robert Verhagen, President and Chief Executive Officer of Helix. “While our Polish Study will provide vital information on our candidate as a monotherapy, our goal for this study, if approved by the FDA, will be to understand how L-DOS47 will work in combination with other chemotherapeutic agents.”
L-DOS47 is Helix’s first immunoconjugate-based drug candidate in development based upon the Company’s novel DOS47 technology, which is designed to use an innovative approach to modify the microenvironmental conditions of cancer cells in a manner that leads to their destruction. L-DOS47 is currently being clinically evaluated as a treatment for certain patients with non-small cell lung cancer (“NSCLC”).
About Helix BioPharma Corp.
Helix BioPharma Corp. is a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the field of cancer therapy. The company is actively developing innovative products for the prevention and treatment of cancer based on its proprietary technologies. Helix’s product development initiatives include its novel L-DOS47 new drug candidate and its Topical Interferon Alpha-2b. Helix is currently listed on the TSX and FSE under the symbol “HBP”.
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