OSE Pharma and Effimune launch liver cancer study

20 May 2016

Soon-to-merge French biotechs OSE Pharma (Euronext Paris :OSE) and Effimune have launched a hepatocellular carcinoma (primary liver cancer) study under a private-public collaborative program.

The MDScan (Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells Analysis) research program is supported by the French National Cancer Institute along with national government and further academic and research bodies, having been selected for backing following a competitive process.

Entitled Control of suppressive myeloid cells by SIRP-alpha: investigation in hepatocellular carcinoma, the study aims to measure the SIRP-alpha marker (Signal Regulatory Protein α) in liver cancer patients. It will evaluate the activity of Effi-DEM, the new checkpoint inhibitor targeting suppressor myeloid and macrophage cells.

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