MabCure Inc. Provides Corporate Update
27 Julio 2009 - 7:55AM
Business Wire
MabCure, Inc. (“MabCure”) (OTCBB: MBCI), a biotechnology company
using its proprietary technology to create highly specific
monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) for the early detection of cancer,
provides update on recent developments, contracts, and corporate
activity that have occurred over the past twelve months.
- In June 2008, MabCure closed a
$1.3 million private placement that provided the company with
working capital to pursue acquisitions.
- In July 2008, the company
announced the acquisition of its proprietary platform technology
for the rapid and efficient generation of MAbs.
- Also in July 2008, the company
announced the appointments of its key management team: Dr. Amnon
Gonenne as President and Chief Executive Officer; Dr. Elisha Orr,
the inventor of the MAbs technology, as a director and Chief
Technology Officer. In August 2008, Ron Kalfus, M.Sc., CPA, a
senior executive at Toys “R” Us, Inc. (NJ), joined MabCure as Chief
Financial Officer.
- In October 2008, the company
established MabCure, N.V., a wholly owned subsidiary in Belgium, in
order to accelerate the development and commercialization of
MabCure’s proprietary products for the early detection of cancer
with specific antibodies, and for the creation of highly specific
therapeutics against cancer.
- In April 2009, MabCure announced
the establishment of its global research facilities on the research
campus of Hasselt University. In a joint press release, the
Biomedical Research Institute (“BIOMED”) of the University of
Hasselt and MabCure announced their intent to cooperate on various
joint projects, deploying MabCure’s technology for the generation
of novel antibodies for various applications to autoimmune
diseases.
- Also in April 2009, MabCure
welcomed Dr. David S. Frank to the company’s board of directors; a
pharmaceutical industry veteran, Dr. Frank brings to the MabCure
board a wealth of expertise from senior level executive positions
at Ortho Diagnostics (a division of Johnson & Johnson) and
Kodak Clinical Diagnostics.
“It has been an exciting and productive twelve months and we are
proud of our success in building the N.V. subsidiary in Belgium
with fully operational R&D facility, developing our proprietary
platform technology, and establishing partners and alliances,” said
Dr. Amnon Gonenne, MabCure’s President and CEO.
“Looking ahead to upcoming near-term events, we are planning to
begin soon our first full scale clinical study of 150 patients at
high risk for ovarian cancer (OVCA),” Dr. Gonenne continues, “with
the objective of demonstrating the potency of our MAbs in detecting
OVCA in a larger patient population and selecting those MAbs with
the highest specificity and sensitivity. These MAbs will become the
ultimate candidates for the early diagnosis of OVCA. The initial
draft protocol and budget have been approved and we are presently
working on the final protocol and associated documents required by
the hospital Institutional Review Board (IRB). MabCure is also
making progress in generating novel MAbs against additional cancers
as well as further characterizing its existing MAbs in order to
expand its IP position. We have recently generated our first panel
of highly specific MAbs against colon cancer and are now focusing
on selecting those MAbs which demonstrate the broadest recognition
of diseased tissue. The characterization of MAbs is the key to the
selection of those MAbs showing the greatest target specificity.
This entails a comparative analysis of their ability to identify
only their target tumor tissues, obtained from various patients
having the same disease, and their lack of interaction with
unrelated cancers or normal tissue. Finally, the company is
pursuing full characterization of our established panel of melanoma
MAbs, with the intent to file patents and to define their
corresponding cancer-specific antigen(s).”
In order to maximize near-term shareholder value and drive
revenue, the company is focused on quickly and efficiently
developing its highly specific antibodies as diagnostic products to
address the multi-billion dollar cancer test market. As the company
generates additional resources it will advance these antibodies as
therapies and imaging agents.
Dr. Gonenne concludes: “We look forward to a truly exciting
period over the next twelve months and to continuing to communicate
our future developments to our shareholders and the investment
community as we carry out further growth initiatives during
2009.”
For more news and information on MabCure Inc., please visit
www.IRGnews.com/coi/MBCI where you can find the CEO’s video, a fact
sheet on the company, investor presentations, and more.
About MabCure Inc.
MabCure is a biotechnology company whose vision is to change the
perception of cancer as being a largely incurable disease. MabCure
owns proprietary technology for the creation of unique and highly
specific monoclonal antibodies (MAbs), which will be developed as
diagnostic tools, imaging agents, and drugs to treat lethal
cancers. MabCure initial goal is to develop its novel MAbs as
diagnostic tools for the detection of Ovarian and Prostate cancers
at an early stage, when these diseases are still localized and
highly curable. For further information visit the Company’s website
www.mabcure.com.
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beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future.
Actual results could differ from those projected in any
forward-looking statements due to numerous factors. Such factors
include, among others, the change of business focus of the
management of the Company or the University and the inability of
the Company or the University to pursue its current objectives.
These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this
news release and the Company or the University assume no obligation
to update the forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons
why actual results could differ from those projected in the
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