Cuban therapeutic vaccine against lung cancer will be tested in the UK

posted on: Nov 26 2011 7:42 by RDugey. Viewed 21 times.


United Kingdom apply a clinical trial of a therapeutic vaccine against lung cancer advanced, CIMAvax-EGF, created by scientists from the center of Molecular Immunology of Havana in Cuba in the coming weeks, yesterday confirmed to Efe sources of the sector.

The study has been approved by the regulatory agency of United Kingdom after the recent authorization of a multinational, multicenter clinical trial for vaccine Protocol, as a source of the marketer CIMAB S.A., exclusive representative of the center of Molecular Immunology (CIM) yesterday reported EfE.

According to the source, in a week or two will be included the first British patient in study

It is also expected next clinical trials in countries such as Australia, Thailand and Malaysia.

The Cuban medicine was developed after 15 years of research by scientists at the CIM, those who believe that the same principle of the drug could be used in the u000atreatment of oncological illnesses.

According to Cuban experts the drug may not prevent disease but allows you to control advanced cancer to generate antibodies against proteins that trigger the slippage in the processes of proliferation cell.

Membership includes protein P-64 K of the membrane and epidermal growth factor, obtained through recombinant.

Under the brand name of CIMAVAX-EGF, the vaccine was applied successfully to more than 1,000 patients in Cuba, where his health registration was conducted in June 2008.

The product was also already registered in Peru and is in the process of registration in other countries of the region, such as Colombia, Brazil, Paraguay, Ecuador and Argentina.

The Director of the project, Gisela Gonzalez, said last January that the vaccine is safe, does not cause severe effects and increases the life expectancy of the patient, with a good quality.

The u000aMedia Cubans have underlined that CIMAVAX-EGF is the first vaccine therapeutic against the cancer of lung advanced registered in the world.

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According to data from the World Health Organization, cancer is the leading cause of mortality worldwide, and the lung is one of the of greatest incidence.

It is estimated that in 2008 of cancer 7.6 million people died, figure that will rise up to eleven million in 2030.