First oncolytic virus approved for melanoma immunotherapy

Jonathan Pol, Guido Kroemer, Lorenzo Galluzzi

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    On 2015, October 27th, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has officially approved talimogene laherparepvec (T-VEC, also known as OncoVEXGM-CSF) for use in melanoma patients with injectable but non-resectable lesions in the skin and lymph nodes. T-VEC (which is commercialized by Amgen, Inc. under the name of Imlygic®) becomes therefore the first oncolytic virus approved for cancer therapy in the US.

    langue originaleAnglais
    Numéro d'articlee1115641
    journalOncoImmunology
    Volume5
    Numéro de publication1
    Les DOIs
    étatPublié - 1 janv. 2016

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