Sign Of The Times: Late-Stage Cancer Vaccines On Display At ASCO
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Vindicated by the approvals of Provenge and Yervoy, a host of therapeutic cancer vaccines is working through late-stage trials with the regulatory finish line in sight, and some of those companies will be presenting data at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago June 1-5.
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