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OncoSec Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase 2 Trial of TAVO™ Plus OPDIVO® as Neoadjuvant Therapy for Melanoma
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PENNINGTON, N.J. and SAN DIEGO, Jan. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ OncoSec Medical Incorporated (NASDAQ:ONCS) (the Company or OncoSec ) today announced the first patient was dosed in OMS-104, an investigator-initiated Phase 2 trial evaluating TAVO™ (tavokinogene telseplasmid), the Company s intratumoral DNA plasmid-based interleukin-12 (IL-12) therapy administered using its gene delivery platform (gene electrotransfer), in combination with the anti-PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor OPDIVO
® (nivolumab) as a neoadjuvant therapy prior to surgery in patients with operable, locally or regionally advanced melanoma. The trial is designed to evaluate if the addition of TAVO can improve clinical outcomes already observed when using nivolumab alone as a neoadjuvant therapy.
Hillsborough okays science museum loan with warning: This is it
Commission cuts $400,000 subsidy request to $250,000 for MOSI and says self-sustaining business plan is needed.
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Published Jan. 6
TAMPA â Hillsborough County commissioners provided their own arithmetic lesson to a museum that touts its teachings in science, technology, engineering and math â $250,000 is better than nothing.
Commissioners told officials from the Museum of Science and Industry on Fowler Avenue that their request to tap a county reserve account would be the final handout until the museum develops a self-sustaining business plan.
âI recognize we have to extend the lifeline now,â said Commissioner Harry Cohen. âThe demands that are going to be made on us by many of our cultural institutions are going to be enormous. This is just going to be a limit to what we can do.â