Scancell approved to raise dose on cancer vaccine trials

AIM-listed Scancell, the developer of therapeutic cancer vaccines, has announced that two key medical regulation bodies have given approval for a higher dose to be allowed in the company's latest trials on a vaccine to treat melanoma.

AIM-listed Scancell, the developer of therapeutic cancer vaccines, has announced that two key medical regulation bodies have given approval for a higher dose to be allowed in the company's latest trials on a vaccine to treat melanoma.

The Gene Therapy Advisory Committee and the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency's (MHRA) Medicines Division gave their approval for Scancell to dose an extra group of patients with a higher, 8 mg, dose of SCIB1, its DNA ImmunoBody vaccine being developed for the treatment of melanoma.

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