EpiThany today announced that they have entered into a collaboration agreement with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and Pfizer to evaluate avelumab*, a human anti-PD-L1 antibody, and EP-101 STEMVAC, a multi-antigen, polyepitope vaccine, in a phase II trial in women with breast cancer.
A group of melanoma experts, joined by three advocacy groups focused on melanoma, has engaged FDA in a public discussion of the challenges of developing new drugs in the refractory setting and the role crossover can play in such trials.
