The company also plans to apply for a trial of its drug for ovarian cancer.
Biocancell Therapeutics Ltd. (TASE:BICL) has filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a human Phase I/IIa clinical trial for the company's BC-819 pancreatic cancer treatment.
The trial will include six to nine patients at four medical centers in Israel and the US. Each patient will receive BC-819 twice a week for two weeks to test the drug's safety and effectiveness. The Virginia Biosciences Development Center and Israel-United States Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation (BIRD-F) will jointly fund the $950,000 trial.
Biocancell also plans to file IND applications for a human Phase I/IIa clinical trial of BC-819 for the treatment of ovarian cancer.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on December 9, 2008
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