Biotech Pharmacon to trial SBG/Rituxan combination therapy with Radium

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06-Dec-2005

Biotec Pharmacon and the Norwegian Rikshospitalet - Radiumhospitalet TRUST (Department for Clinical Cancer Research) have signed a Letter of Intent to perform clinical studies to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the company's pharmaceutical compound SBG in combination with cancer antibodies in patients with lymphoma.

The two parties intend to investigate if SBG in combination with cancer antibodies show higher treatment efficacy than the cancer antibodies alone. If initial studies support this concept, the parties will seek to establish broader therapeutic explorative (phase II) clinical studies, possibly with other hospitals in Norway and abroad. The parties may also agree to perform studies with other cancer types than lymphoma.

SBG from Biotec Pharmacon will first be tested in combination with the cancer antibody Rituxan (Roche) which is used in the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). It is the intention of the two parties to initiate studies during the first half of 2006.

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