OBI Pharma To Forge Ahead With Cancer Vaccine In Face Of Study Failure
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Taiwanese biotech OBI Pharma plans to plough on with a Phase III study of its investigational cancer vaccine OBI-822/821, despite it failing to meet the primary endpoint in a Phase II/III study. The firm's share price fell by from TWD681 to close at TWD613 on Feb. 22 and slipped a further 9.95% to close at TWD522 on Feb. 23 on Taiwan's GreTai Securities Market following the news.
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