US National Cancer Institute initiates phase I study of treatment of head and neck cancer patients with Medivir’s birinapant and radiation therapy
Stockholm, Sweden — Medivir AB (Nasdaq Stockholm: MVIR) today announces that the first patient has been enrolled in a phase I study to investigate the safety and tolerability of a combination treatment of birinapant and radiation therapy in patients with recurrent Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC). The initiative for the study came from researchers at the US National Cancer Institute (NCI). The study is sponsored and financed as part of NCI’s Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP). Medivir provides birinapant and will be afforded full access to all reports from the study under