TEL AVIV, Israel, April 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VBL Therapeutics (Nasdaq:VBLT), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of first-in-class treatments for cancer, today announced that the Company will present new data on MOSPD2, a novel target for Bi-specific Ab mediated killing of tumor cells, at the 2018 Annual American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Meeting, to be held April 14-18, 2018 at McCormick Place North/South in Chicago, Illinois.
| Poster Presentation Details: | ||||
| Late-Breaking Research: | Immunology 1 | |||
| Date: | Monday, April 16, 2018 | |||
| Time: | 8:00 am - 12:00 noon | |||
| Session Location: | Poster Section 45 | |||
About VBL
Vascular Biogenics Ltd., operating as VBL Therapeutics, is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of first-in-class treatments for cancer. The Company’s lead oncology product candidate, ofranergene obadenovec (VB-111), is a first-in-class, targeted anti-cancer gene-therapy agent that is positioned to treat a wide range of solid tumors. It is conveniently administered as an IV infusion once every two months. It has been observed to be well-tolerated in >300 cancer patients and demonstrated efficacy signals in an “all comers” Phase 1 trial as well as in three tumor-specific Phase 2 studies. VB-111 is currently being studied in a Phase 3 trial for platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.
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