Bris­tol-My­ers preps sec­ond check­point/can­cer vax com­bo study un­der its $1B Bavar­i­an Nordic pact

Bris­tol-My­ers Squibb is ready to launch its sec­ond com­bi­na­tion tri­al us­ing Bavar­i­an Nordic’s can­cer vac­cine Prost­vac.

Op­er­at­ing un­der a 2015 deal worth up to about a bil­lion dol­lars, in­ves­ti­ga­tors will com­bine Prost­vac with Yer­voy and Op­di­vo in 10 pa­tients with cas­tra­tion-re­sis­tant prostate can­cer. Then they’ll push en­roll­ment to 55 and divvy up the pa­tients in­to three co­horts, study­ing T cell in­fil­tra­tion in tu­mors with one-on-one com­bos or the triple.

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