MaxiVAX and Minaris Regenerative Medicine Enter into a Manufacturing Partnership for MVX-ONCO-2 Cancer Immunotherapy
GENEVA, Switzerland and MUNICH, Germany, February 22, 2021 / B3C newswire / MaxiVAX SA, a private Swiss clinical-stage biotech company developing novel anti-cancer vaccines, and Minaris Regenerative Medicine GmbH (“Minaris”), a leading contract development and manufacturing service provider for the cell and gene therapy industry, have entered into a manufacturing agreement for MVX-ONCO-2, a cell-based immunotherapy for the treatment of cancers such as chordoma, head and neck, and other solid tumors.
The MVX-ONCO-2 consists of two components: 1) biocompatible capsules, loaded with a genetically modified cell-line that secretes a strong immune-booster GM-CSF (granulocyte-macrophage stimulating factor) and 2) irradiated autologous patients’ tumor cells, isolated from patients which serve as tumor antigens. To induce an efficient anti-tumor response against the pa